As wildfires burn in California, firefighters work to contain the flames

(11 Sep 2024)
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Wrightwood, California - 10 September 2024
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2. Fire crew spraying water
3. Various of trees burning
4. Fire crew spraying water
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Wildfires raged across parts of Southern California this week, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, damaging homes and creating multiple areas where firefighters had to try to confront the flames—all at the same time.

In Wrightwood, a small mountain community in San Bernardino County, firefighters responded as fire erupted near homes, the landscape engulfed in fire. Known as the Bridge Fire, it is one of three major wildfires currently burning in Southern California.

Another blaze in Orange County, called the Airport Fire, also quickly spread. Firefighters battled back the flames on the ground and by helicopter, pouring water over the blaze.

Once green landscapes have been turned to gray: the Line Fire, also in San Bernardino County, scorched the ground, leaving barren black forests in its wake where only leafless, burnt trees remained.

So far this year, California has seen nearly three times as much acreage burn than during all of 2023.

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