California is on fire 🔥 we have got to get back to reversing the effects of #ClimateChange and #GlobalWarming and in the meanwhile do all we can to mitigate the problem of #wildfires. . These 9 photos and one video are a #repost from @sirpennypacker via @PhotoAroundApp 🔊 #holyshit #wow #unbelievable #devastation #whatarewedoing — Three major wildfires are raging in #California, scorching tens of thousands of acres and forcing entire cities to evacuate. - In Northern California, the Camp fire has scorched more than 6,700 structures, making it the most destructive in California history. - At least nine people died as the inferno swept into the town of Paradise. - In Southern California, less than 24 hours after a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, more than 200,000 residents have been ordered to flee their homes as the Woolsey fire and the Hill fire tore though the region. - The entire city of Malibu was forced to evacuate early Friday due to the wind-driven Woolsey fire, which has destroyed at least 35,000 acres and prompted evacuation of 75,000 homes. - State officials said Friday that the fire, which began Thursday in northern California and has been dubbed the Camp Fire, has grown to 140 square miles. - The nearly 30,000 residents of Paradise, Calif., the first city hit, were ordered to evacuate on Thursday as the fire spread rapidly. - Capt. Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and #Fire Protection told reporters that the blaze grew so quickly that firefighters almost immediately shifted from prevention to evacuation. - "There was really no firefight involved," he said. "These firefighters were in the rescue mode all day yesterday." - The bodies of five people were found in vehicles along Edgewood Lane in Paradise by the Butte County Sheriff's Department. - Their investigation revealed that "the victims were located in vehicles that were overcome by the Camp Fire. Due to burn injuries, identification could not immediately be made." - California’s Governor-elect Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Butte, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties. - #PresTrump declared a state of emergency for California earlier Friday, allowing emergency aid https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp_LjAhByw6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f0zh3i06cejl
