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US-CALIFORNIA-FIRE
This NASA Earth Observatory image obtained September 24, 2014 shows what the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured in this this image of the King fire in Eldorado National Forest on September 19, 2014. In the false-color image, burned forest appears red; unaffected forests are green; cleared forest is beige; and smoke is blue. As of September 23, 2014 the blaze had charred 36,320 hectares (89,571 acres). California firefighters were Tuesday battling a wildfire that is larger than Las Vegas, with the US state officially facing one of its worst years for the blazes in recent memory. Nearly 7,500 firefighters are struggling with the so-called King Fire east of Sacramento, which has forced almost 3,000 people to evacuate.The wildfire is only 35 percent contained and is threatening thousands of buildings and homes. California is currently in the third year of its worst drought in decades, with flames fanned by high winds in tinder-dry forests. Some 95 percent of the fires are found to be caused by humans, whether by accident or design.Five major blazes are currently raging across California, including the King Fire, which was started on September 13, allegedly by an arsonist, in El Dorado County, and has so far burned 362 square kilometers (140 square miles) -- an area bigger than Las Vegas. AFP PHOTO/NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY/JESSE ALLEN/HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY/JESSE ALLEN " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Jesse Allen |
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24 Septembrie 2014 |
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