“It was a good day for aircraft and firefighters, resulting in in minimum growth on in fire”, Cal Fire said on Monday evening, adding: “The crews continue to build control lines and extinguish hotspots along existing lines.”
But the difficult terrain and abundant dry vegetation feed fire It has complicated compaction efforts down It’s growth, Cal Fire spokesman Captain Keith Wade told CNN on Monday.
“Track out here is the area of available fuel to burn when fire goes, together with in available topography – canyons, watercourses – the wind passing through these areas can fire behavior unstable and it can explode… ferocity of what fire in times can be intense,” Wade said.
There have been 23 forest fires this month. in California, according to Cal Fire, but only three of them are over 500 acres. No one comes close to mass destruction of oak fire, from behind in part to extremely dry conditions in in areaWade said.
“I think real The difference that firefighters experience on this is one is how everything is dry, it has definitely been (drier) over the years on”, he said. “We have noticed that there seems to be less precipitation, less moisture and available fuel tank for sure out there.”
firefast growth It has also made evacuation efforts more difficult, California Fire Chief John Heggie told CNN on Monday, noting that officials and law enforcement are doing their job. best notify residents when they need Leave.
” reality this, this moving so fast it doesn’t give people a lot of of time and they sometimes just have to evacuate with shirts on them backHeggy said.
incremental progress made on fire the crews let the officials reduce evacuation orders in some areas for fire tips, Cal Fire said.
Heggy attributed the “speed and intensity” of the oak fire to the state’s prolonged drought and loss of life.caused changing of the climate.
“What can I tell you is that it’s straight result of what is climate change, he said. – You can’t have 10-year drought in California and expect it to be the same. And we’re paying now price for what 10-year drought and climate change”.
“What dead fuel is result Because of this climate change and drought, these are what we now call “megafires,” Heggy said.
The report said it was time to “learn live with fire”, calling on the authorities and politicians to cooperate with local communities use Indigenous knowledge and investment in planned and preventive measures.
CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Taylor Romine, Stella Chan, Sarah Smart, Rachel Ramirez contributed to this report.
