The intense fire that has devastated the California forest since Friday, July 22, continued to spread on Sunday, July 24, 2022, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people, in the context of high temperatures that affected tens of millions of Americans around the world. The United States. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Sunday.
So far 6,313 hectares of forest have been burned and thousands of people have been evacuated.
According to a Sunday bulletin from the California Department of Forest and Fire, "it expanded significantly in the northern portion and continued into the Sierra National Forest. Favored by 'extreme drought,' winds, high temperatures, and wildfires fought by 2,000 firefighters and 17 helicopters, 10 shipments, caused damage by five other aircraft and threatened more than 2,500.
Temperatures are expected to drop in part on Monday with a "lower high" expected in California. Forecasters say this should help "blow down temperatures a bit."