Southern California wildfire flee 25000 residents
Southern California wildfire flee 25000 residents
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About 25,000 residents have been evacuated from southern California due to a wind-driven wildfire occurring near Irvine City, according to local firefighting authorities. But some evacuation orders were backed on Friday as winds are expected to decrease through the weekend, a news agency quoted the Orange County Fire Authority as saying Twitter.

Two firefighters were injured on Thursday as they fought the wildfire, but currently have been released from the hospital,the news report said. The fire, dubbed Bond Fire, erupted at around 10.15 p.m. Wednesday at a house, and then continued to grow throughout the night as gusty Santa Ana winds spread the flames. About 500 firefighters, backed by helicopters,are involved to battle the blaze. The strongest winds were forecast to last into Saturday.

Electricity supply has been cut out. The fire was about 10 per cent controlled on Friday afternoon burning an area of 6,400 acres, local reports said. According to the latest data updated by the National Geographic Area Coordination Center on Thursday, nearly 14 million acres have burned across the US this fire season, twice the 10-year average and the most acres burned since reliable record-keeping began in 1983.Five of the six largest fires in California's history were reported this year and the year 2020 wildfire season is to end destroying or damaging 4,359,517 acres scorched by a staggering 9,485 fires, with 10,488 structures damage and 31 fatalities. 

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