California has embraced large-scale forest fires.
The area of a powerful forest fire in the Central part of the state of California for the past day has increased more than twice. The fire killed two people.
Now the fire covered more than 7500 hectares.
The state’s Governor Jerry brown earlier announced the introduction of a state of emergency in the affected area. As reported, a forest fire has already destroyed hundreds of buildings, and about 1,500 houses and buildings are under threat of destruction.
The fire broke out last Thursday in the mountains North-East of the city of Bakersfield. Hundreds of residents of nearby communities were evacuated. It is reported that in the near future will be evacuated 3 thousand inhabitants of the village of lake Isabella.
The region’s last days kept hot and dry weather, on Friday afternoon, the air temperature exceeded 32 degrees Celsius.
In June in the South-West of the United States is unusual heat, with the result that many States started forest fires. The largest occurred to the South-East of Albuquerque in new Mexico, bringing more than 20 houses were burned, and many families were evacuated.
