Southern California Wildfire
As of Monday, Oct 22, wildfires are spreading across Southern California in Pacific Palisades and San Bernardino. The fire grew tremendously at least burning 40 acres in less than an hour in Palisades which resulted in three homes suffering the burning blaze with people sustaining minor injuries but luckily no one was killed. Evacuations went underway nearly all night with 200 homes deserted all day.
Firefighters arrived at the scene ultimately trying to extinguish the fire, with the help of helicopter crews dropping water overhead. The cause of the fire began with a small blaze aided by wind gusts of up to 30 mph forcing the blaze to move uphill and spread throughout the land. The fire will spread but "We will be expecting more fire weather as the week progresses ... because our concern is to make sure that these lines are contained and make sure the fire doesn't go outside " said Assistant Chief Patrick Butler, the incident commander of the Palasides fire.
The wildfire is contained, for now, but with the help of individuals in the community can decrease the likelihood of it ever happening again.
Firefighters arrived at the scene ultimately trying to extinguish the fire, with the help of helicopter crews dropping water overhead. The cause of the fire began with a small blaze aided by wind gusts of up to 30 mph forcing the blaze to move uphill and spread throughout the land. The fire will spread but "We will be expecting more fire weather as the week progresses ... because our concern is to make sure that these lines are contained and make sure the fire doesn't go outside " said Assistant Chief Patrick Butler, the incident commander of the Palasides fire.
The wildfire is contained, for now, but with the help of individuals in the community can decrease the likelihood of it ever happening again.
It's sad the amount of wildfires there are throughout the years that take away the homes of many families and animals. I'm thankful for those who are firefighters that are there to help prevent any more families homes being taken away from them and the animals environment from being burned out from under them.
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ReplyDeleteI wonder how long it takes for them to spot the fire.
ReplyDeleteIt is very unfortunate that many people have to leave their homes and some may even loose their homes and personal items that can't be replaced.
I think it's crazy how many wildfires are happening today and affecting many wildlife and families. We need to react to this kind of problems fast or otherwise it's going to become very hard to stop it. I also agree with you about the individuals in the community can help this from happening again, but its a matter of people actually going out there and helping.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of wildfires that occur each year is devastating. Without the help of all of the firefighters, the situations could be 10x worse. It's not fair to anyone and it is out of everybody's control when something like this happens. The reaction time for an event like wildfires is to be immediate because it spreads so quickly.
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