Due to the ongoing forest fires in California, more than 46,800 consumers remain without electricity. This is evidenced by the data of the PowerOutage.us monitoring resource.
More than 32 thousand of them are in Los Angeles County alone.
According to meteorologists, the reason for the rapid spread of the fire was the dry and very windy weather. The total area of the fires exceeded 16 thousand hectares.
The fire destroyed more than 12.3 thousand buildings, including the property of famous people in prestigious places. The houses of current US President Joe Biden's son Hunter, actress and model Paris Hilton, actor and director Mel Gibson were burned. According to the latest data, 24 people were killed.
Against the background of increasing cases of looting, US law enforcement officers are strengthening security measures in areas affected by fires.
