Day 3 Of South California's Great Fire, Thousands Of Residents Asked For Evacuation

Illustration of forest and land fires (karhutla). (Unsplash-John Towner)

JAKARTA - The intense fire that hit the area near Trabuco Creek Road Airport, southern California, United States (US) since Monday 9 September is far from a controlled status.

The fire quickly grew, burned the plants on the slopes to more than 5,400 hectares in a few hours.

The fire engulfed nearly 20,000 hectares on Tuesday, September 10 afternoon. Officers revealed efforts to break the fire that spread was still on a scale of zero (0) percent.

Officials of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) instructed thousands of Rancho residents Santamen in Trabucohon near the fire-affected location for evacuation.

"An order from law enforcement to evacuate immediately," reads the CatFire statement, quoted from CBN News, Wednesday, September 11.

Cal Fire issued evacuation instructions considering the high potential for fires to residential areas. So far, a number of houses have been idolized by the red rooster who continues to spread.

A number of joint evacuation points and self-evacuation have been announced by Cal Fire. Officers also released maps showing locations affected by fires and closed roads to prevent casualties.

The Orange County Fire Fighting Authority (OFCA) has deployed around 1,000 personnel, including a crew of nature lovers, helicopters and aircraft to extinguish fires before hitting more and more houses.

The fire has also injured 2 victims from the OFCA fire department. Meanwhile, 1 civilian victim suffered from shortness of breath from inhaling thick smoke. The victims had been rushed to the hospital for treatment.