California sinks in 'hell fire'

The governor of California - USA has declared a state of emergency after thousands of people have to leave their homes because wildfires are spreading rapidly in the northern state.

Large forest fires raging in California state

Governor Jerry Brown said the Valley Fire wildfire had burned down many homes in Napa and Lake counties, as well as threatened hundreds of other homes.

Happened on September 12 at Lake County, the fire burned down an area of ​​at least 16,190 hectares. This is one of the most devastating forest fires across the drought-stricken area this summer in the western United States.

The authorities also extended mandatory evacuation orders when the wind changed direction to blow fire and smoke toward some towns in the Napa Valley hills, wine producing region.

More than 1,000 houses were burned down.(Photo: Reuters).

More than 1,300 people were evacuated from Middletown, north of San Francisco City, while their homes were burned down. California Fire and Forest Service spokesman Daniel Berlant said more than 275 houses and other buildings were destroyed. The Red Cross is setting up emergency shelters for people to evacuate.

4 firefighters were severely burned while being treated at the hospital.

The fire spread in the Lake area.(Photo: RT).

The cause of the fire erupting across Northern California is thought to be due to high temperatures and years of drought. According to local media, the fire spread quickly and had a loading place as high as 60m.

Thousands of people were evacuated because of wildfires spreading.(Photo: RT).

The fire moved so fast that many people still could not eat or run away from home. 25-year-old Maddie Ross, said: 'Everywhere is like hell. I have never seen this scene before. I feel like the end of the world is coming. '

About 4 firefighters have suffered severe burns being treated.(Photo: Reuters).

According to the New York Times, by the afternoon of September 13, more than 1,000 homes were burned down.

In Amador and Calaveras counties, 4,000 firefighters in the area are still controlling other fires that have appeared since 9/9. So far, this fire destroyed about 26,300 hectares of land along with 86 houses and 51 other houses. Currently only 15% of fires are controlled so they are still threatening more than 6,000 buildings nearby.

To the south of California, the outskirts of Fresno, nearly 3,000 firefighters are dealing with the biggest fire that broke out in late July and leveled about 52,000 hectares of land. Currently only 29% of fires are controlled.

Earlier, in July alone, the California state government spent $ 212 million to deal with fires.