Wildfires burn fiercely throughout the state of California, USA, and the damage is increasing.

According to the Associated Press on the 22nd (local time), forest fires occurred in 560 places in California, burning 915,000 acres (3,702㎢) of forest to date.

The size of the forest fire damage is 6 times the area of ​​Seoul (605 km2).

Also, 6 people have died and 33 people have been injured so far.

California has ordered at least 100,000 residents to evacuate and 12,000 firefighters at the scene of the fire.

Ten nearby states, including Arizona, Washington, and Texas, dispatched fire support personnel to California.

California Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference the day before and said, "I haven't seen wildfires of this scale in years."

The state of California has decided to call for firefighters to be sent to Canada and Australia, who have extensive experience fighting wildfires.

Of the 560 wildfires, the California Fire Department classifies 24 as critical fires in the northern regions and is committed to extinguishing them.

Wildfires in northern California began with lightning embers.

In the last three days, as many as 1,800 thunderbolts fell, causing hundreds of fires, and they soon merged into a large forest fire.

The National Weather Service warned that wildfires caused by lightning could continue through the 25th.

The Meteorological Administration predicted, "As Hurricane Genervib, which landed in Mexico, affects the western United States, there is a growing likelihood of thunder and lightning in the San Francisco Bay area of ​​California and the central coastal area."

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