tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post5339240813440615013..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: N. California wildfires destroy hundreds of structures antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-17030598923340031192015-09-14T20:56:57.109+03:002015-09-14T20:56:57.109+03:00At least 400 homes and hundreds of other buildings...At least 400 homes and hundreds of other buildings have gone up in flames and one person has been killed in a Northern California wildfire that ranks as the most destructive this summer in the U.S. West, officials said on Monday...<br /><br />A spokesman for the Lake County Sheriff's Office, Lieutenant Steve Brooks, confirmed the fire fatality but provided no details about the victim's identity or the circumstances of the death.<br /><br />The so-called Valley Fire, which erupted Saturday afternoon and spread quickly to a cluster of small communities in the hills and valleys north of the Napa Valley wine country, has forced thousands of residents from their homes in the area.<br /><br />By Monday morning the blaze had devoured about 61,000 acres (24,690 hectares) of tinder-dry forests, brush and grasslands, and was only about 5 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).<br /><br />About 40,000 acres (16,190 hectares) of the landscape - parched by drought and last week's severe heat wave - were consumed in the first 12 hours of the fire at the peak of its intensity on Saturday and early Sunday, driven by high winds.<br /><br />Fire officials called the rate of spread unprecedented.......Reuters......ahram.org.eg<br />14/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com