a fire still ravages the american state

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Monday, September 12, California is still plagued by fires although the heat wave is over. Drought makes the US state prone to fire outbreaks.

California is still the victim of the flames and a huge blaze ravages the north of the state, Monday, September 12. 6,000 buildings are threatened by this fire calledMosquito Fire”. 11,000 people were affected by emergency evacuations. Rescuers are hard at work as 1,700 firefighters are trying to control the flames. The damage is extensive and 17,000 hectares have already gone up in smoke.

The situation is quite different in the south of the state, because it is severe bad weather that falls on the region of The bone Angeles. These torrential rains made it possible to extinguish the fire “Fairview Fire” which had ravaged 11,000 hectares and caused two deaths. The bad weather also resulted in huge mudslides. Before this rainy episode, California suffered a great heat wave with a thermometer that climbed to 45 ° C.

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