California Wildfires

In California, a war against Mother Nature itself erupted. California was plagued by a fearsome wave of enormous fires that stretched from north of San Francisco to Los Angeles, causing the call for resources of the state to be amplified to their fullest. The Authorities of Wine Country said that the death toll of Northern California fires amounted to 42 casualties. When the Northern threat was extinguished, Southern California became wracked by fires.

In the already brutally dry and hot Southern California, fires swiftly spread. The fires took firefighters’ lives, thereby making the struggle worse than it already would have been. For example, Devynn Sargent, an EMT at a Los Angeles hospital, stated that her friend’s close friend was killed attempting to put out rogue flames escaping the main fire site, stating that, “The smoke got into the hospitals in Ventura and Sylmar. Everyone wore masks,” said Devynn, explaining the extremity of the situation. Devyn also commented that: “The firefighters were working 32 hour shifts…day in and day out trying to help.” It is a sad thought to think that firefighters died to save individuals from the fires, but they will fortunately be remembered as brave and heroic fighters who saved many lives.

Another citizen of Southern California, Robert Sargent of Castaic, said that, “They bothered the everyday process of people down here…the smoke caused insane traffic and made it difficult to arrive to work on time to do my jobs.” Not only a nuisance. the fires were a a true terror to the public. Now because of the current mudslides from our winter storms, the death toll has risen to 58 and California resources is still fighting against the tragedies began by the fires.