Southern California Firefighters have been trying to fight these out of control fires that are spreading throughout California and Nevada. People are fleeing their homes to get away from the fire and the smoke. The fire had grown to more than 2 million acres of land. People who are not in the range of the fire are currently dealing with power outages. Multiple structures have been burned down, and three firefighters have been injured.
With a storm blowing over on the weekend of September 7,2024, The firefighters were limited to an amount of water they could dump on the fire. The temperature during the weekday of September 2nd, 2024, had a high over 80 to 100 degrees F. Now that the storms have calmed down, firefighters say they should now be able to resume.Lots of people have been concerned due to the fires. people who live near the two country’s have been warned about smoke going into the air and traveling around.
Breathing in smoke isn’t good for the lungs. And people who have trouble breathing could be at risk. But even people with any type of disease can easily breath in the smoke and get sick. Let’s hope we can put these fires out soon. For more information about the fire please visit one of the websites provided below.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-09/line-fire-bridge-fire-scorch-thousands-acres
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/us/wildfires-spread-california-nevada-monday/index.html