Firefighters halt advance of latest Los Angeles wildfire By Reuters

(Reuters) – Firefighters halted the spread of a wildfire north of Los Angeles after it quickly spread on Thursday, as California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $2.5 billion aid package for the fire-fighting region.

On Wednesday, Hughes Hughes, about 50 miles (80 km) (80 km) from Los Angeles, as emergency services continued to fight two fires on the eastern and western edges of the city that have burned for more than two weeks.

The Hughes Fire quickly burned about 10,176 acres (41 sq km), but held that rate steady throughout the day as 4,000 firefighters rushed into the air and on the ground using hand tools and hoses.

Recycling, which is controlled by the size of the aforementioned perimeter, increased to 24%, and 14% before the day, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Fire Protection) said on its website.

The Hughes Fire led to evacuation orders for 31,000 residents and evacuation warnings for another 16,000 people as it sent plumes of smoke over the Santa Lake area in the Katya Lake area.

Firefighters said strong winds and low humidity were expected to persist into Friday. Rain and mountain snow are forecast for the Los Angeles area, which may bring some relief, but also create other risks.

“Impacts will likely be minimal, except for a small but non-zero threat of distant thunderstorms,” ​​the National Weather Service warned.

Landslides could be the cause of the landslides, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said on Wednesday.

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The EATON fire was 95% contained and the Palisades fire was 72% contained, Hal Fire said.

A number of smaller fires also threaten the area, including the Sepulveda fire, which started early Thursday morning and burned along the 405 freeway near the Getty Center’s many art treasures. , briefly caused part of the heavy road to be closed and forced some evacuations.

The state aid package for California was reported by NEWSOM as President Donald Trump on Friday appointed the state to survey the fire damage.

State aid will pay for ongoing operations, disaster recovery, debris removal and other work.Billions more in federal aid are due for the disaster, which private projections by Accuweather could cost more than $250 billion in damages and economic losses.

On Wednesday, Trump, speaking in an interview with Fox News, threatened to stop federal funding unless California changed its water management.

“I don’t think we should give anything to California as long as they let the water flow,” Trump said during an interview at the White House.

Trump’s criticisms of California’s water management are entirely related to the probable cause of the fires and the response problems, NEWSom reports.

For example, Trump said that California’s conservation efforts in the northern part of the state were responsible for the drying fires around Los Angeles; It was bad when the firemen went out in the cherished area A row

“The state water project has nothing to do with water supply, which is about fire suppression in municipal systems,” NEWSOM said at the press conference. “It’s very harmful when people believe this kind of misinformation.”