INTERESTING! California Gets Ready to Put Out the Fires

As it does every summer season, forest fires have caused great damages in North America.

The 14 thousand firefighters that have given their all in their fight against California’s forest fires, which by now have taken the lives of 7 people, have gone to several minimum-security prisons so that almost 2 thousand inmates can learn how to fight fires.

On the other hand, by now over one thousand vehicles have been driven towards the fires, alongside 59 diggers, 22 firefighting planes, 17 planes and 12 helicopters, all which have been key in the rescue efforts.

The flames are at their most intense alongside the border area between the Mendocino National Forest and the Lake and Colusa areas, and have destroyed a forest area the approximate size of the city of Los Ángeles, while still in danger of spreading towards other forest and brush-filled areas, which cover over 176 kilometers.

State authorities from California’s Firefighting Department expressed their deep concern over the fact that the fires may continue burning until the end of the month, with the very real possibility of they spreading even further into what has already been called one of the greatest fires in the history of the state located in North America’s West. While seven lives have been lost, around 1.500 buildings have been reduced to cinders.

President Donald Trump, through his official Twitter account, accused “state authorities” and “firefighters who don’t properly manage their use of water” of the fire’s spreading over California.

State authorities and firefighting experts did not take long to answer him, explaining that there is more than enough water to put out the fires that, on top of all, are harder to contain due to climate change.