Colorado firefighters face a response to one of the largest fire in the history of the stormy winds and dry conditions that are expected to continue to lead extreme fire behavior.
More than 1,000 firefighters were deployed, and while the crews gained one fire, another fell in the ritual of the fire.
The Lee fire, which gives up dry trees and a brush of about 250 miles (400 km) away from Meeker, has become the fifth largest fire in the state’s history, according to the Division of Fire Prevention and Control of Colorado. The officials said that the region recently endured severe drought conditions, and it has “volatile” fuel loads.
The fire, which was burned by lightning on August 2, burned more than 130,000 acres (52,000 hectares) by Monday morning and only 7 %. Low moisture and stormy winds were expected to return to the area, which is associated with dry fuel, could cause severe fire behavior, such as winds that carry embers over long distances and cause additional fires, and assist officials.
Another big fire in the area, the Al -Ay’i fire, burns to the east of a fire for me, and burned more than 14,000 acres and 30 %. The officials said that the containment continued to increase and that the crews are working to enhance the current firefighting lines.
On Monday, the governor of Colorado, Jared Police, announced a disaster emergency to support the response efforts of oak fire, which is burning in Pagosa Springs, Archletta Province.
The evacuation is present for mountain societies all over the provinces of Garfield and Rio Blanco. On Saturday, the “Venice Correctional Center” was evacuated with an abundance of caution, “according to the Ministry of Corrections at Colorado.
Fire smoke prompted air quality warnings.
Meanwhile, in southern California, the crews reached more than 90 % of the valley fire that forced the evacuation and destroyed seven structures after its outbreak on Thursday near the Los Angeles Province and Vinterora Province. Three firefighters were wounded in that fire, including the battalion leader who was seriously harmed when his small truck rolled into severe topography.
Jefford Fire, the largest fire in California so far this year, burned approximately 120,000 acres of Santa Barbara and San Lewis Obebisu provinces since its outbreak on August 1. It was 33 % on Monday.
With the months remaining before the highest risk of fires subsided, it was already an explosive year of fire throughout North America. almost All available firefighting resources It is published in the United States, where 36 large fires are burned throughout the country.
In Canada, hundreds of forest fires continue to burn out of control and the country is witnessing the second fire extinguishing season. More than 18 meters (7.3 meters)-which is approximately 78 % more than an average of five years, was recorded, according to data from the Canadian Foreign Foreign Fire Center (CIFFC).
“This is our new reality … the higher its temperature, the greater the fires we see,” Mike Flangigan, head of BC Research for Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science at Thompson Rivers University at Camlops University.
The climate intensity is conditions in which it praises fuel fires, which paves the way to facilitate ignition, rapid growth, and catastrophic burns that are a challenge.