Leroy N. Soetoro
2018-07-29 16:40:46 UTC
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/28/uncontained-wildfire-destroys-500-
structures-in-california.html
The so-called Carr Fire in northern California has destroyed more than
80,000 acres and doubled in size overnight, officials said.
The fire's growth prompted President Trump on Saturday to declare a state
of emergency. Federal assistance will now supplement state and local
efforts to fight the flames.
"The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster
relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and
suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide
appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under
title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and
public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a
catastrophe in Shasta County," the press release said.
While firefighters successfully prevented the fire from further damaging
the city of Redding, it grew by roughly 35 percent overnight and headed
toward the communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point.
"We're not getting a break with the weather," Chris Anthony, a spokesman
for Cal Fire, the state agency responsible for fighting wildfires, told
the Associated Press. "It just continues to be really hot, really dry and
we continue to get those winds.
This fire's getting so big and there are so many different parts to it,
he added.
As the flames began to threaten the three smaller communities, residents
began to pack up and leave.
"It's tough," Shyla Campbell said. Her and her husband's home, RV and boat
were all destroyed when the fire demolished most of Keswick, a village
west of Redding.
"I just have to figure out where we're going to stay. We're just trying to
stay away from the fire."
The Carr Fire ignited Monday by a vehicle and exploded Thursday night,
jumped the Sacramento River and pushed into Redding, about 250 miles north
of San Francisco and the largest city in the region with about 92,000
residents. Two firefighters were killed and the latest tally of 500
destroyed structures was sure to rise. About 37,000 people are under
evacuation orders, 5,000 homes are threatened.
Three other people were also killed in the blaze, among which was a 70-
year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren, the family confirmed,
according to The Associated Press.
Sherry Bledsoe on Saturday said that her two children -- James, 5, and
Emily Roberts, 4 -- were killed in the fire alongside Bledsoe's
grandmother, Melody Bledsoe.
The fire is just 5 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
Elsewhere in California, large fires continued to burn outside Yosemite
National Park and in the San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles near
Palm Springs. Nationally, 89 active large fires have consumed nearly
930,000 acres in 14 states, according to the National Interagency Fire
Center.
So far this year, nearly 37,000 wildfires have burned more than 4.25
million acres.
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The so-called Carr Fire in northern California has destroyed more than
80,000 acres and doubled in size overnight, officials said.
The fire's growth prompted President Trump on Saturday to declare a state
of emergency. Federal assistance will now supplement state and local
efforts to fight the flames.
"The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster
relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and
suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide
appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under
title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and
public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a
catastrophe in Shasta County," the press release said.
While firefighters successfully prevented the fire from further damaging
the city of Redding, it grew by roughly 35 percent overnight and headed
toward the communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point.
"We're not getting a break with the weather," Chris Anthony, a spokesman
for Cal Fire, the state agency responsible for fighting wildfires, told
the Associated Press. "It just continues to be really hot, really dry and
we continue to get those winds.
This fire's getting so big and there are so many different parts to it,
he added.
As the flames began to threaten the three smaller communities, residents
began to pack up and leave.
"It's tough," Shyla Campbell said. Her and her husband's home, RV and boat
were all destroyed when the fire demolished most of Keswick, a village
west of Redding.
"I just have to figure out where we're going to stay. We're just trying to
stay away from the fire."
The Carr Fire ignited Monday by a vehicle and exploded Thursday night,
jumped the Sacramento River and pushed into Redding, about 250 miles north
of San Francisco and the largest city in the region with about 92,000
residents. Two firefighters were killed and the latest tally of 500
destroyed structures was sure to rise. About 37,000 people are under
evacuation orders, 5,000 homes are threatened.
Three other people were also killed in the blaze, among which was a 70-
year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren, the family confirmed,
according to The Associated Press.
Sherry Bledsoe on Saturday said that her two children -- James, 5, and
Emily Roberts, 4 -- were killed in the fire alongside Bledsoe's
grandmother, Melody Bledsoe.
The fire is just 5 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
Elsewhere in California, large fires continued to burn outside Yosemite
National Park and in the San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles near
Palm Springs. Nationally, 89 active large fires have consumed nearly
930,000 acres in 14 states, according to the National Interagency Fire
Center.
So far this year, nearly 37,000 wildfires have burned more than 4.25
million acres.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.