According to data from the California Forestry and Fire Department, as of noon on August 30, local time, California wildfires were still spreading. At present, 840 fires in various places have burned approximately 1.42 million acres (approximately 5746 square kilometers) of land. The total area has surpassed Delaware in the United States.
At present, nearly 2500 buildings have been destroyed in the fire, and more than 60,000 people have been forcibly evacuated. The fire department has invested more than 16,000 firefighters to participate in the fire fighting work, and has controlled part of the fire. This weekend (29-30 local time) the weather is warmer, and thunderstorms may still occur in northern California and the upper parts of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Currently, the fire warnings in Del Norte and Humboldt counties in northern California have been upgraded to "red warnings." (CCTV reporter Xu Tao)