Description
Added on the 10/11/2018 18:27:33 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
San Francisco, Sep 9 (EFE).- The skies over the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday turned foreboding dark orange as historic wildfires across California sent thick smoke into the air. More than 40 wildfires are burning on Wednesday in California, 20 of them designated by authorities to be "big fires," in the state's worst-ever fire season.In all, more than 7,600 fires have been detected in California since the beginning of the year, and up to September some 2.3 million acres of forest and grassland have burned, according to the latest tally by the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Camera: MARC ARCAS).SHOT LIST: ORANGE, SMOKE-CHOKED SKIES OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA, US.
Firefighters battling to stop a fast-moving wildfire are further challenged by high temperatures and steep terrain. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Authorities are struggling to contain the San Gabriel Complex fire east of Los Angeles, which has burned through 5,400 acres of land. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Firefighters and police use hoses and rakes in an attempt to put out a fire in Nemocon, 60 kilometers north of Colombia's capital Bogota. The South American country has appealed for international aid as it continues to battle dozens of forest fires burning vast swathes of land and encroaching on homes in the capital. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise above the now-evacuated fire-ravaged village of Kiotari on the Greek island of Rhodes as the blazes continue to ravage the island for a fifth consecutive day. Thousands of locals and tourists fled the Aegean island over the weekend in what authorities called the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
