America’s fires.. The United States of America began the new year 2025, with the outbreak of a series of fires that reached the states of California and Los Angeles, and began to extend to the American state of New York.
Latest news on America’s fires
The American fires caused massive damage, including the destruction of thousands of homes and buildings, the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents, and economic losses estimated at tens of billions of dollars, and among the losses were buildings and homes belonging to the wealthy and artists in the three states.
Despite the efforts of civil defense teams and firefighters, fire disasters are escalating in California, Los Angeles and New York, due to dry weather conditions, strong winds, high temperatures, and all the factors that contributed to the rise in temperatures, increasing the dryness of the vegetation cover, and increasing the possibility of fires.
The US administration also made strenuous efforts to confront this disaster, as it provided temporary shelters for residents who were evacuated from their homes.
Governmental and non-governmental organizations provided relief aid to those affected, including food, water and medical assistance.
US President Joe Biden said Hunter Biden’s house may have burned down in the Los Angeles fires, adding: “It’s amazing what happened. There’s only one piece of good news. My son lives here and his wife. They got a notification yesterday that their house may have burned down. Today, it looks like it may still be standing. We’re not sure.”
Biden spoke about being asked to sign a proclamation that would help the Los Angeles area, which is experiencing five wildfires raging in the area, destroying thousands of homes and killing 11 people.
Initial toll of US fires in California and Los Angeles
According to international media reports, the US fires have destroyed neighborhoods in Los Angeles on the eastern and western sides of the sprawling city so far, killing 11 people and destroying nearly 10,000 buildings, and these numbers are expected to rise.
“We’re doing everything we can to get it under control,” Los Angeles Mayor Caris Bass said at a news conference. “We know we’re going to have a potential increase in winds early next week.”
California turns to inmates to help fight fires!
The California Fire Department has turned to a different solution to help contain the fires: it has turned to inmate workers who could have been safely behind bars. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has deployed 939 inmates to help contain the fires.
The inmate firefighters have joined the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Call Fire) to assist its approximately 4,700 firefighters in battling the blazes.
