California’s deadliest wildfire ever in the history of the city was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on Sunday,
Yahoo News reports.

“#CampFire … is now 100% contained,” Cal Fire, the state fire authority, said in its latest bulletin on Twitter.


The fire, which broke out on November 8 , is so far known to have killed 87 people although another 249 people remain unaccounted for. That figure has fallen sharply over the weekend, having stood at 474 on Friday.

Only 54 of the fatalities have been identified, according to the local sheriff’s office in Butte County, around three hours drive north of San Francisco.

A total of 153,336 acres were affected by the fire, with nearly 14,000 homes and hundreds of other structures destroyed.
Heavy downfalls that have soaked the firezone in the past days helped douse the remaining flames, but also made it more difficult for crews searching for bodies.

The Camp Fire was the second major blaze to hit California in recent weeks with a fire in the Malibu area near Los Angeles also killing three people.
The smoke from the Camp Fire was so intense that schools in San Francisco had to close at one point earlier this month as did the city’s famed cable car and Alcatraz Island.

California’s governor, Jerry Brown, has warned that the state can expect a growing number of major fires as a result of global warming.
US President Donald Trump, who visited one of the worst-hit towns called Paradise last weekend, caused some consternation by saying that the fires were due in part to forestry mismanagement.

Ahead of the announcement that the fire has been totally tamed, authorities had already begun letting residents return to some of the worst hit areas to inspect the damage to their homes.

In a joint bulletin posted on Saturday, the police and fire service said evacuation orders that had in place for some areas over the last fortnight were being lifted for both residents and non-residents, while warning that essential services were still “very limited”.

“Prior to returning home, residents are encouraged to take steps to ensure they have food, water and fuel for their vehicles,” said the statement.
While Brown has warned that mega fires such as those in Butte and Malibu will cease to be “abnormal” events, the state has allocated about $1 billion over the next five years for fire prevention.

Much of the cash will go on education and suppression activities such as clearing grasses and other vegetation, according to officials.
But many experts are calling for more restrictions on housing being built in forests as a means of eliminating danger before the blazes even break out.

A recent study found that one third of all US houses now are located in what researchers refer to as the wildland-urban interface, where houses and forest vegetation intermingle.

While Trump has repeatedly expressed skepticism about global warming, a new report by his administration warned Friday that climate change will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars annually by century’s end unless drastic action is taken to cut carbon emissions.

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That is just medicine after death.
The wildfire destroyed so much for me to be happy that it has been tamed.

I actually blame the Californian authorities for this recurring wildfire.
It is very easy to prevent it.

Invite Abakaliki indigenes to come and farm around those woods area,
Then get Ehor Timber boys to lumber all the trees there for furniture and casket making, then whatever land that is left will be sold off by Okpanam youths.

Fire won't even see what to burn again.

Can Nigeria ever recover this fast from such disaster if it ever happens here?
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So it took them two weeks to put out the fire
If this happened in Nigeria, our dependable firefighters would have taken care of it within a day or two.

Its a pity.

Thank God, I thought it was spreading to Nigeria

If na 9ja ehhh I can't even imagine what it would have been like . like the villa set would have been a casualty join . thank God is contained

Was expecting explorers!

two good weeks?

I wonder what hell will really be like.

god have mercy!

God bless Nigeria, God bless Nigeria. Hmmmmmmm

what a relief, may the souls of the departed rest in peace

Same way we are going to tame Buhari then finally send him back to daura

Thank God oooooh....

Thank God it's over!

If na our Almighty Naija, na 2000 years the fire go take burn, Jubrin no go even send una. God bless America.

Nigeria corruption natural disaster

It's well

God bless Nigeria, God Bless American, hmmmmm

"Finally tamed" in the US means the raging fire has been quenched..

In Nigeria, "technically defeated Boko Haram" is just another political slogan...

If this was Nigeria, nobody would survive.

Nigeria corruption natural disaster

jesu

SweetBuns:
Can Nigeria ever recover this fast from such disaster if it ever happens here?
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We are blessed in nigeria just that few are blind to see
Nothing like this has ever occurred in our country but occurs in the states
Yet people still call Nigeria a shit hole country

NA WAH!

So after killing people and destroying properties what millions of dollars, it decided to be tamed?

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amahthelma:
We are blessed in nigeria just that few are blind to see
Nothing like this has ever occurred in our country but occurs in the states
Yet people still call Nigeria a shit hole country

You haven't left Nigeria. If you had, you'd know Nigeria is a poo hole. Please choose your words wisely

okedoyinolabisi:
what a relief, may the souls of the departed rest in peace

Amen oo..