DSmoke from wildfires in the western United States and Canada has also reached the east coast of the United States. Although the plume cast a layer of fog on a skyscraper about 5,000 kilometers from the fire zone and caused an unusual sunrise, health authorities in large cities such as New York, Washington, and Philadelphia warned that there was a presence in the air Pollutants. For example, for Manhattan, Wednesday’s Air Quality Index (AQI) shows a value of 157. Starting from a value of 100, air quality is particularly unfavorable for the elderly, pre-ills, and pregnant women. Starting from a value of 150, healthy people can also feel the impact. In total, meteorologists issued warnings to more than 40 million Americans.
In the western part of the country, thousands of firefighters have tried and nearly 80 burn Include. The Dixie Fire in California, which broke out north of Sacramento nine days ago, spread more than 370 square kilometers on Thursday. As reported by the California Forest and Fire Department (Cal Fire), so far, it can only be controlled within 15%. On Thursday, about 900 houses and stables in the Butte and Plumas areas continued to be threatened by fire. The violent wind blew the flames away from heaven, which was almost completely destroyed by the campfire three years ago. The Butte County Sheriff ordered an evacuation on Wednesday, about 70 kilometers away, on the west coast of Lake Armano, which has been shrouded in orange smoke for several days. “The end of the world,” Jack Edwards, a photographer living in the area, wrote under a set of photos on Facebook.
The Tamarak fire also continued to burn uncontrollably. After heat waves and historic droughts in recent weeks, it spread nearly 180 square kilometers in the Humboldt-Toyaby National Forest bordering Nevada by Thursday. Cal Fire uses firefighting aircraft and helicopters. Despite this, the authorities reported on Thursday that the fire could not be controlled. So far, the largest fire in the 2021 fire season is the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon. At the same time, the area of the fire has expanded to nearly 1,500 square kilometers, which is larger than Los Angeles. At least 2,000 residents in rural areas had to leave their homes, and about 170 buildings were burned down. Meteorologists point out that the huge speed of fire stealing promotes the appearance of its own weather phenomena, such as soot-like fire cumulus clouds, also called fire clouds.
After about 300 wildfires broke out, British Columbia in western Canada declared a state of emergency on Tuesday. “We are preparing for a large-scale evacuation,” said Mike Farnworth, director of the Provincial Public Security Department. With record temperatures caused by hot bells in the west of the country, lightning has caused dozens of fires in British Columbia in the past few weeks. The village of Lytton, which recorded the highest temperature of 47.9 degrees Celsius in Canada, was burned down. In the past few days, dozens of wildfires have also been reported in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. To prevent further outbreaks, Canadian Transport Minister Omar Algabra has now announced that trains will slow down in temperatures exceeding 30 degrees. In the future, train drivers are obliged to report minor fires along the way.
In northern California, there have been multiple fires due to flaws in overhead lines, and the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced that it will lay more than 15,000 kilometers of pipeline underground. “We finally want a safe solution,” PG&E boss Patricia Poppe said during a visit to the Butte district on Wednesday. In the fall of 2018, due to insufficient maintenance of power lines, a fire broke out in the camp, killing 85 people and destroying the park. The Dixie fire that is now burning in the area may also be due to defective wiring.
