California wildfires trigger statewide emergency, force 180,000 to evacuate

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Massive wildfires are flanking Northern and Southern California, as power outages expand, almost two hundred thousand people are under evacuation orders, and tens of thousands of acres burn.

North of San Francisco, new evacuation warnings were issued early Sunday as the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County scorched 30,000 acres and remains only ten percent contained.

The fire, fueled by winds in the area that topped 93 miles per hour, has already destroyed 79 homes, including at least 31 home, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the National Weather Service said.

The winds, which are reaching hurricane levels, are making the fire harder to contain and creating spot fires. Almost 300 trucks and 10 helicopters are working to contain the flames.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-wildfires-trigger-statewide-emergency-force-180000-to-evacuate/ar-AAJriTF?li=BBnb7Kz

Keeps getting worse.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Southern CA missed this so far.

Our Santa Ana winds died down, unlike the Diablo Winds in the north. Fortunately our firefighters are able to go up there to help. My friends evacuated yesterday.

The two smaller fires here were hit quickly with tons of air support and great communication between police, firemen, weather forecasters, SDG&E, and the different agencies that dropped retardant. People know to be ready to evacuate ASAP. We have learned a lot since the two huge fires in 2003 and 2007 when 4,000 homes were destroyed.

[hunter]

2. We saw large convoys of firetrucks headed north on Interstate 5 today.

The wind was awful.