Major fire near Los Angeles doubles in size in 24 hours
Two people have already died in the fire that broke out on Monday, with a severe heat wave hitting California for the past week, as well as parts of Nevada and Arizona.
A massive fire that engulfed a Los Angeles suburb has doubled in size in less than 24 hours, firefighters said Thursday, in the face of a severe heat wave in the western United States. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate the previously threatened area.”Fairview fire», which has now consumed more than 7,700 hectares of land. “The fire spreads to the east and south and in certain parts to the north of the fireplaceThe California Wildfire Service said.
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Two people have already died in the fire that broke out on Monday, with a severe heat wave hitting California for the past week, as well as parts of Nevada and Arizona. With temperatures soaring as high as 45 degrees Celsius in some places, California’s power grid is at risk.
The network regulator, California ISO, narrowly avoided a blackout (controlled and spread to different areas) on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he renewed his alert toUrging consumers to reduce demandin the evening and ended up acknowledging the public’s cooperation, which he says kept the power supply running across the state all week. According to the US Weather Service, the heat wave should start to dissipate in the coming days, but California is not out of the woods yet.
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