Death toll rises as tinder-dry conditions fuel deadly California fires
Source: Agence France-Presse
30 JUL 2018
The death toll in California's wildfires rose to seven as shaken survivors recounted the horror of watching fast moving flames whip through neighborhoods and devour their homes.
An army of firefighters from across the country struggled in California Monday to control 17 large-scale blazes that have reduced expensive homes to smoldering piles of rubble, and turned tens of thousands of acres into ashen wastelands.
"I've been a lifelong resident of this community, and I've never seen a fire with such destruction here in this area ever before," said Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty commenting on the Carr fire, one of the largest.
Alyce Macken said she had only minutes to flee her home in the town of Redding with her husband Ted as the flames swept closer.
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CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)Here on the coast of California. It is not fog, it is heavy smoke from the fires.
They are saying not to go outside on the news as the air quality is horrible, worse than Bejing!
Stay safe fellow Californians!
& recommend!!
The River
(2,615 posts)Sun came up red this morning from high level smoke.
AllaN01Bear
(18,442 posts)was in san fransisco yesterday for 3 hours , and there was smoke from the fergusen fire there too. it was amongst the buildngs as a haze.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,852 posts)From article:
One evacuee who had been forced to move four times warned that a 14-foot long albino python that she owned was lost at her latest stop in south Redding.
"Eres is a beautiful, friendly snake," said Sandra Dodge-Streich, the owner of Redding Reptiles, on Facebook.
"She is part of our store family and Reptile Exhibit. Please don't be afraid of her -- she is lost and scared!"