Looting at risk after California fires Danger of looting after fire in California: Loss of ₹ 16 lakh crore in Los Angeles, people getting wrong exit alerts

So far 11 people have died due to fire in California. 20 people have been arrested in the robbery case.

The fire that broke out in the US state of California on Tuesday has not been completely controlled even after 5 days. So far 11 people have died in this. Amidst the fire crisis and reports of looting in Santa Monica city of California, the administration has declared a curfew. 20 people have been arrested.

According to Reuters, the loss since the fire in Los Angeles has been estimated at more than Rs 16 lakh crore. The fire in Los Angeles has been controlled to some extent, but experts fear that strong winds may blow again over the weekend.

False exit alerts were sent to nearly 10 million people in Los Angeles County on Thursday. This trend continued on Friday also. Regarding this, emergency management officials say that this problem is occurring due to fire in cellphone towers.

Water hydrants have dried up in many places in California. According to the NYT, state Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered an investigation into how the water hydrant ran out of water so quickly.

Pictures of fire…

2 theories on how the fire started…

First- Someone set California on fire

Claims are circulating on social media that a person started setting fire in the forest, which quickly spread. Los Angeles Police has detained a suspect in this case. However, Fire Chief David Acuna has denied the claim that the wildfire started due to someone setting fire. Acuna said there is no evidence that anyone started this fire.

Second- Santa Sana winds set fire in America

The city of Los Angeles, California is situated among the mountains. There are pine forests here. The fire started on Tuesday due to burning of dry pine trees. Over the next few hours, the fire engulfed a large area of ​​Los Angeles. The air of the city has become poisonous. Here AQI has crossed 350.

After the fire broke out in the forests, ‘Santa Sana’ winds blowing at a speed of about 160 km per hour fanned the fire rapidly. These winds that usually blow during the autumn season are very hot. These affect Southern California the most. According to reports, the speed of winds still remains very high, due to which the fire is continuously spreading.

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