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On Friday, firefighters in Northern California are faced with a new barrage of dry winds, which fuel the flame and spread it to even more territory. This can lead to additional evacuation of several thousand people and more destruction and casualties.
According to the National weather serviceon Friday in the afternoon Saturday the wind will reach 60 mph (100 km/h), and the humidity is only 10%. These two factors will create «critical fire conditions» and «will contribute to extreme fire behavior».
At least 31 people died in 20 fires are raging in eight districts of the state. With more than 400 people still missing.
8 000 firefighters are working to strengthen and expand the buffer lines in the region where the flames had destroyed more than 190,000 acres (77,000 hectares), which can be equated to the area of new York.
The city of Santa Rosa, which is famous for its wineries, turned into smoldering ruins, dotted with charred trees and burnt cars.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, but officials said that the possibility of this power line, which knocked the winds of storm strength on Sunday evening.
Before & After photos of #SantaRosa»s Coffey Park neighbourhood. #wildfire #wildfires #fire #fires #California #CanyonFire #Anaheim #USA pic.twitter.com/oAR9KOtSi4
— Paul Beckwith (@PaulHBeckwith) October 9, 2017
Mark of Ghilarducci, the state Director of emergency services, said that because of the fall of cell towers was having difficulty warning residents about the intensity of danger. That is why many residents slept peacefully, unaware that they begin to envelop the flame.
The fire destroyed the world-famous wine region, destroying the tourism industry and damaging at least 13 wineries of the valley NAPA. And still suffered recently legalized California marijuana industry is: at least 20 farmers in the districts of SONOMA, Mendocino and NAPA broke.
A wildfire has spread over hundreds of acres, causing evacuations in northern California pic.twitter.com/wm7GzTiun7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 9, 2017
