United States: a large fire near Los Angeles doubles in size in 24 hours – Le Figaro

Two people have already been killed in the fire that broke out on Monday, in the midst of an extreme heat wave that has been battering California for a week, as well as parts of Nevada and Arizona. A major fire which is ravaging a region on the outskirts of Los Angeles has doubled in size in less than 24 hours, firefighters announced Thursday, faced with a sweltering heat wave in the western United States. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate the area threatened by the “Fairview fire”, which has now consumed more than 7,700 hectares of land. “The fire is spreading to the east, south and in certain portions north of the hearth of the fire”, indicated the Californian forest fire services. SEE ALSO – United States: fires of magnitude are ravaging the American WestTwo people have already been killed in the fire which broke out on Monday, in the midst of an extreme heat wave which has hit California for a week, as well as certain regions of Nevada and arizona. With temperatures flirting with 45 ° C in some places, which jeopardize the Californian electricity network. The network regulator, California ISO, narrowly avoided rotating power cuts on Tuesday (controlled and distributed over different areas). He renewed his alert on Wednesday to “urge consumers to lower demand” in the evening and ended up praising the cooperation of the public which he says has kept power supply across the state for the entire week. According to the US weather services, the heat wave should begin to dissipate in the coming days, but California is not out of the woods yet.