There is a lot of fuel to be consumed out there.”Ī firefighter makes a water drop near Midpines, north-east of Mariposa, California. Still, Vasquez said, “the fire is burning so intensely that it tends to create its own weather. “We are fortunate enough that the winds have remained the same,” he added, noting that gusts had slowed. Hector Vasquez, of Cal Fire Team 5, told the Guardian: “The fire did remain active overnight but there were no structures destroyed overnight.
High tree mortality and dense fuels complicated the firefight, they added.īy Sunday evening, more than 3,000 people were under evacuation orders. Officials said the weather was expected to remain hot with minimal humidity. While dramatic smoke formations created by the fire on Saturday had calmed, ashen air cloaked the region, shrouding the Sierra foothills in a thick haze. On Sunday the temperature was just under 100F (38C). Spotting, in which embers are carried by the wind, spreading the blaze, was a major factor in the growth of the fire, they said. High temperatures and strong winds fueled fire activity, officials from California’s department of forestry and fire protection, or Cal Fire, said on Saturday. The region has already seen blazes accelerated by a long drought – a terrible forewarning of the intensifying effects of the climate crisis. The fire in Mariposa county, California, named the Oak fire, represented a dangerous new front in the fight against wildfires in the western US. The US climate envoy, John Kerry, told the BBC the White House was still considering announcing a climate emergency, adding that Joe Biden was prepared to use “every tool available to him” to tackle climate change, including executive orders. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help her.Discussing the ferocity and fast-growing nature of the blaze, the former vice-president Al Gore, long a campaigner for action on the climate crisis, warned: “The survival of our civilization is at stake.” The woman living in the Mar Vista home was not hurt but neighbors say she lost everything due to the fire and crash. The Los Angeles Police Department later said Heche had narcotics in her system at the time of the crash. She was initially hospitalized in critical condition with a severe brain injury and slipped into a coma after the crash. The car smashed through the walls of the home, narrowly missing a resident inside and her pets, and then caught on fire. 5 when she apparently lost control, slamming into a home. Heche's Mini Cooper was driving at high speeds through the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Aug. 14, after a recipient for organ donation was found. Her body was kept on life support until Aug. The county issued Heche's official cause of death on Wednesday, listing it as "inhalation and thermal injuries," while also noting she suffered a sternal fracture due to blunt trauma. 5, the Los Angeles County coroner has determined. LOS ANGELES - Anne Heche's death has been ruled an accident, caused primarily by smoke inhalation and fire after she was involved in a fiery car crash on Aug. Anne Heche's death has been ruled an accident, caused primarily by smoke inhalation and thermal injuries after she was involved in a fiery car crash on Aug.
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