The number of muertos confirmed in the fires that hit Los Angelesin the western United States, increased to 24 this Sundayreported the local forensic authority.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department released a list of victims without giving identities and added 8 people to the previous count of fatalities due to the phenomenon that already destroyed 160 square kilometers of land and homes.
Eight of the dead were found in the area of the fire Palisades y 16in the area of the fire Eatonaccording to the official report.
The brigade members have made progress at different points of the forest fires in the last few hours, but meteorologists expect strong winds hit the region again between Monday and Tuesday, raising fears of new complications, reported The New York Times.
From the California Office of Emergency Services, Michael Traum confirmed that 150 thousand inhabitants Los Angeles County were under arrest warrants. evacuationwith more than 700 people sheltered in nine shelters.
For now they remain active three fire sources. The most serious is that of Palisades, which since Saturday remains only 11% contained, and that of Eaton, which is 27% contained, according to the latest data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire.
Hurst’s, on the other hand, was almost 90 percent contained.
Gavin Newsom, governor of California, deployed another thousand members of the California National Guard to the area of the accidents in the last few hours, bringing the strength to approximately 2,500 agents.
They join local teams and teams from nine other states that are part of a deployment that includes more than 1,300 fire trucks, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 officers, including firefighters recently arrived from Mexicoit was officially reported.
With growing political criticism, the Californian Democratic president also signed an executive order that suspends important environmental regulations with a view to expediting the reconstruction of homes and buildings. An attempt to alleviate the effects of the day after the tragedy that seems to have no horizon towards its end.
This occurred within the framework of a meeting with the president-elect, Donald Trump, who earlier, through the social network Truth criticized the actions of “politicians” in the face of the natural disaster that affects the west of the country.
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“The fires continue to rage in Los Angeles. Politicians incompetents have no idea how to turn them off“wrote the magnate, who will return to the White House on January 20.
“Thousands of magnificent houses have disappeared and many more will soon be lost,” lamented the Republican, who added that “there is death everywhere.”
And finally he questioned: “This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our country. They simply cannot put out the fires. What is happening to them?”
Democrat Gavin Newsom rejected Trump’s criticism and in an interview with NBC he described the criticism expressed by the soon-to-be president as disinformation.
The governor also emphasized that he formally invited the president-elect to tour with him the damage caused by the fire in California, but that the magnate did not respond.