The number of victims of forest fires in California exceeded 80 people

22 November 2018, 10:19 | Incidents
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The number of victims of forest fires in the US state of California reached 83 people. About this the sheriff of the district Butte Corey Honey reported on Wednesday, November 21. Most of the dead were found in the destroyed by fire town of Paradise in the north of the state, said DW.

More than 560 people are reported missing, the sheriff added. At the same time, the list of missing people may include people who are safe, but have not informed the authorities about this..



The current fires, raging since November 8, have caused the largest number of casualties in the history of California.. Hundreds of square kilometers of forest burned down, much of the territory of national parks and protected areas was destroyed, over 13,000 houses were destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated. Overcome the element still fails.

November 12, US President Donald Trump declared California a major disaster area.. November 17, the head of the White House visited the disaster area.




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