842 Wildfires Buring In Northern California!!!
By ltmoon
@ltmoon (1008)
United States
June 24, 2008 1:34am CST
842 Wildfires Buring In Northern California!!!
A huge system of dry thunderstorms stalled over northern California during the weekend. The storm unleashed a barrage of over 6,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes that ignited the more than 800 wildfires.
The wildfires range in size from a few dozen acres to one that has burned over 57,000 acres near Los Padres and has injured nine firefighters. Mendocino County alone has counted at least 110 separate fires burning, of which only 17 have been contained.
HotShot teams, other firefighters, along with slurry bombers and helicopter tankers are arriving from other states to assist the California crews in fighting the wildfires.
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@lovespecialangel (3632)
• United States
19 Jul 08
That's horrible! I truly hope they are able to contain the fires and get everything taken care of. I couldn't imagine being in place with so many fires. I hope not too many people lost homes or worse, lives.
@AmbiePam (85541)
• United States
24 Jun 08
I've been reading about this a lot on the news websites. I'm so used to hearing about forest fires started through arson, that is always surprises me when such descructive fires some from "natural" occurrances. I can only pray for the firefighters and volunteers. I sincerely hope they are all kept safe from harm, as well as those in the path of the fire.
