The fire also rumbles 10,000 kilometers from the Gironde, in the United States. A violent fire breaks out in California, prompting the evacuation of 6,000 residents. 6,313 hectares of forest have already been burned.
Dubbed the “Oak Fire,” the fire is spreading rapidly in Mariposa County, near Yosemite National Park and its famous giant sequoia trees. 2,000 firefighters battled the flames, with the help of 17 helicopters.
“It has expanded significantly in the northern part, moving further into the Sierra National Forest,” according to a Sunday bulletin from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).
10,500 homes threatened
Ten properties were destroyed by the flames, 5 were damaged and currently 10,500 remain threatened by the fires, forcing many residents to evacuate.
“Our house is full of different objects and things that are family heirlooms or Native American from my wife. We just hope for the best because we don’t know if the house is there yet,” Boone Jones worries on the microphone of BFMTV. an evacuated resident of Mariposa.
The phenomenon has been repeated in recent years due to extreme weather conditions between drought, increased temperatures and winds. Temperatures have soared in California, hovering between 37°C and 43°C, according to the US Weather Service.
Drop in temperatures in the coming days
However, there is good news: the heat is expected to partially subside on Monday and an “upper trough” is expected in California, which should allow “temperatures to moderate a bit,” according to forecasters.
But not all regions will benefit: temperatures of 37°C or higher are forecast for the next few days in parts of eastern Kansas and Oklahoma, southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
Yosemite Park, one of the most famous in the world, had suffered a fire in mid-July, whose flames threatened its giant sequoia trees.
Source: BFM TV
