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A major wildfire up near Redding in Northern Calif has destroyed 500 homes and tragically there have been two firefighter deaths. Fire is about 50,000 acres large last I heard (yesterday). It is moving so fast that most efforts have been directed towards evacuations. Temps in inland California are in the 100+ range. Hot dry weather. The fire moved through an area including Whiskeytown lake where it hit a marina with something like 40 boats lost. Not really important compared to lives and homes.
Edit: This is known as the Carr Fire. Just read now there are 5 lives lost -- add a grandmother and her two grandchildren. Very sad news. Last year the wildfires fires around Santa Rosa & wine country claimed 45 lives and almost 9,000 structures. Without saying this is just awful.
Over the past month or so we have had two wildfire incidents within 4 to 5 miles of my place. Where we are is a textbook definition of urban/wildland interface. I was happy to see the heavy response to contain these incidents, which in addition to man power included bombers and helicopters. Looks like it is going to be a bad fire season.
Edit: This is known as the Carr Fire. Just read now there are 5 lives lost -- add a grandmother and her two grandchildren. Very sad news. Last year the wildfires fires around Santa Rosa & wine country claimed 45 lives and almost 9,000 structures. Without saying this is just awful.
Over the past month or so we have had two wildfire incidents within 4 to 5 miles of my place. Where we are is a textbook definition of urban/wildland interface. I was happy to see the heavy response to contain these incidents, which in addition to man power included bombers and helicopters. Looks like it is going to be a bad fire season.