Los Angeles ‘Hughes Fire’ advance halted

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Los Angeles: Firefighters’ strict rescue efforts have stopped the expansion of “Hughes Fire” after the rapid spread of Los Angeles.

The fire is located about 80 km from Los Angeles, on Wednesday when emergency services were fighting two fires on the eastern and west bank of the city, which has been burning for more than two weeks.

The fire burned about 10,176 acres (41 square kilometers), but these figures remained stable throughout the day as 4,000 firefighters dropped water and retardant from the air and used hand tools and hoses on the ground.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Kail Fire) said on its website that the containment, which is under control, increased by 24 %, which was 14 % in the first day.

The Hughes fire warned the evacuation of 31,000 residents and evacuation for 16,000 people as they sent clouds of smoke to the mountainous areas in the Castik Lake area near Santa Clerita.

Firefighters competed with strong winds and low humidity, which was expected to continue throughout Friday. The Los Angeles area has been forecast for rain and mountain snow from Saturday to Monday, which may provide some relief but other risks may also be created.

The National Weather Service warned that “the effects will potentially be minimal, except that the thunderstorms on the burning area are small but non -zero danger.”

Rain can cause landslides, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass warned during a news conference on Wednesday that the city was obstructing, removing the debris of the fire and turning the stormy water “offensive.” Doing

In the Metropolitan Area, the fire of Eaton and Palaceads continued to burn for the 17th consecutive day after burning the entire palaces, killing 28 people and damaging or destroying about 16,000 structures.

Meanwhile, 95 % of the Eaton Fire was controlled and the policy -fire was controlled 72 %, Kail Fire said.

A small fire chain has also put the area in danger, including a sepulveda fire, which began on Thursday morning and burned with 405 freeways near the Gati Center Museum – which many treasures of art. There are.

The brush fire, which has been up to 45 acres and has been over 60 %, has briefly shut down some of the travel highway and some have been forced to evacuate.

California’s bilateral package was announced by Newsom because President Donald Trump was on Friday to assess the loss of fire in the state.

State aid will pay for ongoing operations, disaster recovery, debris removal and other tasks. The devastation will require billions of dollars more federal assistance, which private predictions Eco -Wider estimates that loss and economic loss can cost more than $ 250 billion.

Trump, while interviewing Fox News on Wednesday, threatened that if California does not change its water management, the federal funding will stop.

“I do not think we should give anything to California unless it lets the water flow,” Trump said during an interview in the White House.

Newsom said Trump’s criticisms over California’s water management were completely irrelevant to the potential cause of the fire and its reaction issues.

For example, Trump said California protection efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants drying around Los Angeles – a false statement or misconception that when three in the Palaceadus area Water in local water reservoirs was lost when firefighters extinguished the fire. .

“The state water project has nothing to do with the water supply, as it is related to suppressing the fire for the municipal system,” he said, adding: “When people on such false information If you believe it is very harmful. “