'Fire on all sides': California wildfires prompt evacuations [View all]
ENVIRONMENT SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 / 3:18 PM / UPDATED 11 MINUTES AGO
(Reuters) - More than 200 people were airlifted to safety overnight after a fast-moving wildfire cut off the only road out of the Mammoth Pool Reservoir, a popular recreational site in California’s Sierra National Forest.
Twenty evacuees were taken to hospitals, the Madera County Sheriff said on Twitter on Sunday, as the Creek Fire that started on Friday night rapidly grew to burn some 45,000 acres (18,210 hectares), forcing evacuations and road closures in the Fresno area in central California.
“We’re completely trapped. There’s fire on all sides, all around us,” said Jeremy Remington, as he stood on a beach surrounded by fire in the Mammoth Pool Reservoir in a video posted on Twitter. Remington was later airlifted to safety, local news reported.
The blaze was 0% contained on Sunday afternoon, while nearly 15,000 firefighters were battling some two dozen fires across the state, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire).
Reporting by Maria Caspani in New York; Additional reporting by Nicholas Brown in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Peter Cooney
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-wildfires/fire-on-all-sides-california-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-idUSKBN25X0UO
I have family members in two of these areas...............Fresno and San Berdoo...............and they were given there evacuation notice last night...............this is just fucked up................and shit for brains orange hair confection is out playing fucking golf yet again..........
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