California Wildfire: Major fire forces thousands to evacuate, burns through mountains | WION

punishing Heat Wave has gripped California with extreme temperatures causing raging wildfires Wildfire started at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains on Thursday and quadrupled in size since Sunday consuming over 20,000 Acres helicopters flew over fires dubbed as the bare fire dropping water over the uh soldering brush on the Steep Hillside of Sierra County Crews worked to build containment lines along the perimeter of the wildfires in California members of Fon inter agency crew were seen digging lines in the Southeast section of the area amid the Raging wildfires people have been evacuated from the Sierra Brooks region but so far no reports of injury or structural damage have been out there eyewitness time lapse footage captur Thick Smoke plumes from Renault in Nevada crews are battling the blaze in steep Rocky terrain with aircraft support while residents face power power outages and water restrictions cooler temperatures overnight have helped moderate the fire um and but it remains a significant threat to the nearby communities in order to help curb the wildfires the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection also known as the calfire acquired 7 C130 Hercules air tankers from the US Coast Guard yeah for about the last 10 years we've had some of the most destructive fires in California's history and um this is just another big tool to help us uh to gain the upper hand on these fires that are going out of control um you know we've got fires like the Dixie fire the calor um the campfire this would have been a great tool then but we have it now for future fires to stay up to speed with the latest news download the weon app And subscribe to our YouTube Channel

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