Burned on the street in California has remained intact over the American flag (photo)

In one of the cities in Californiastruggling with the most destructive and deadly wildfires in its history, the police found the American flag, almost untouched by fire.

According to patrol elk grove that under Sacramento, they went down the street burned almost to the ground, when he noticed the ashes of the fluttering state flag.

«It’s amazing, but it was almost in perfect condition — reads on the page of the Police Department of elk grove on Twitter, which posted a photo banner. Officers wrote down the address and took the flag to keep it in the hope one day to give the owners, who will return home after cease fires».

Our officers were driving down one street where every house had been leveled, nothing left, except a flag pole that was standing with flag in almost perfect condition. Our officers documented the address and secured the flag in hopes to return it to the owners one day. #CampFire pic.twitter.com/JDiOWnwqD7

— EGPD (@ElkGrovePD) November 11, 2018

In the comments many thanked police for this symbolic gesture at such a difficult time for California.

The number of victims of forest fires in the Golden state, according to preliminary data, has exceeded 30 people, more than 200 are still missing.

While firefighters are fighting the flames, burned the house and 39 of them. He lost his house and many celebrities in southern California — in Malibu, in particular actor Gerard Butler and singer Miley Cyrus.

Now in the state have been 3 major fires. Most of the casualties and damage in Northern California. So, the fire almost destroyed the town of Paradise. Here burned several thousand homes. From areas on fire, evacuated nearly 250 thousand people.

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