More than 5,000 residents were forced to evacuate due to a mountain fire in California. How long has the California fire been burning?

A large-scale mountain fire broke out in northern California. According to local media reports, on September 2, local time, a small tree was found burning on the mountain, and then the mountain fire quickly spread to 10 square kilometers in just a few hours. By the third day local time, the fire had burned more than 1600 hectares of land, many civilians were injured, houses and vehicles were destroyed, and there were large-scale power outages everywhere. Therefore, the governor of California immediately said. The California fire has been burning all day.

According to local media, this fire has been the eighth fire in northern California since this summer, but the local people did not learn the lessons of history, which led to the recurrence of this accident. No.2 only had a small fire, but it didn't get attention and attention. In addition, the mountain fire itself spread very fast, and it took only a few hours to spread the mountain fire to 10 square kilometers. The mountain fire that lasted all day was not controlled until the next morning.

The governor of California immediately issued a public statement, saying that California has entered a state of emergency and all residents who have been or may be affected should evacuate. According to statistics, more than 5000 residents were forced to evacuate. However, compared with this, a day-long fire destroyed many houses, and even many large buildings were not spared. Burned cars and wreckage can be seen everywhere on the road, and the local hospital has received many patients burned by the fire. Therefore, although the fire lasted only one day, it posed a great threat to the lives and property of local residents.

Although the mountain fire was initially controlled the next morning, it will take a long time to completely extinguish the mountain fire due to various reasons such as terrain and wind direction, so that firefighters can find the fastest and safest fire extinguishing method.