Cooler Weather Brings Hope For California Wildfires
Reuters Video Highlights: Eight massive wildfires continue roaring through the mountains north of Los Angeles — and fire officials say there is no sign of a letup. See Video Below
A monster blaze raging above Los Angeles grew in size on Tuesday as weary firefighters voiced hope that a break in searing temperatures would allow them to make inroads against the inferno.
The runaway wildfire, which has claimed the lives of two firefighters, gutted 53 homes and is threatening 12,000 more properties, has now churned through more than 121,762 acres (49,275 hectares ) in just six days.
An estimated 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and the flames are threatening a critical telecommunications facility as well as a historic hilltop observatory.
But a cooler weather front which brought increased humidity raised hopes that firefighters could make progress Tuesday, incident commander Mike Dietrich said.
California Wildfires Raging
“The conditions today will be much more favorable for firefighting and we’ll take advantage of the weather to try and increase our containment very aggressively, take advantage while it’s down,” Dietrich said. Read full story here
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