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La Californie continue de flamber, plus de 9.000 pompiers en action
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 12 - 2015

La Californie subissait toujours lundi les assauts d'une vingtaine d'incendies répartis sur l'ensemble de son territoire, ayant entraîné l'évacuation de milliers de personnes dans cet Etat victime de la plus grave sécheresse de son histoire.
Plus de 9.300 pompiers luttaient contre les flammes lundi pour éteindre vingt incendies, contre 21 au plus fort dimanche.
S'ils sont parvenus à en éteindre plusieurs, un autre front s'est notamment ouvert dimanche dans la forêt de Los Padres, près de Santa Barbara, a expliqué Alisha Herring, porte-parole de Calfire, l'organisme de prévention des feux en Californie.
Le "Chorro fire" restait assez modeste, avec 30 hectares détruits en 24 heures.
Mais le plus dévastateur restait le Rocky Fire, dont l'origine faisait toujours l'objet d'une enquête lundi: en six jours, il a brûlé 242 km2 et n'était circonscrit qu'à 12%.
Il a entraîné l'évacuation de plus de 13.000 personnes et 5.530 habitations (24 maisons ont été détruites). Il mobilisait lundi matin près de 3.000 soldats du feu et 285 engins, dans sur un terrain très escarpé et difficile d'accès.
Daniel Berlant, porte-parole de Calfire, avait relevé dimanche la progression fulgurante de cet incendie --80 km2 en cinq heures-- sans vents pour l'attiser.
Les conditions sont particulièrement défavorables en Californie avec un taux d'humidité inférieur à 10% et des températures estivales très élevées, tandis que l'Etat souffre d'une grave sécheresse depuis quatre ans.
La gravité de la situation et la mort d'un pompier jeudi ont poussé le gouverneur de l'Etat Jerry Brown à décréter l'état d'urgence. La garde nationale de Californie, puis celle du Colorado, ont été mises à contribution.


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