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Coastal fire: California mansions burn as wildfires spread
Hundreds have been forced to evacuate from a swift-moving wildfire in Southern California that has torched at least 20 upscale mansions So Far .
The Coastal Fire in Orange County , south of Los Angeles , has grown to 199 acres since it began on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the largest wildfire in the US has burned around 170 homes in New Mexico , and continues to threaten communities and businesses.
Fire season is off to an Early Start , partly due to a decades-long drought.
The Coastal Fire is not contained, officials said in an update on Thursday, although the winds that have fuelled The Blaze are forecast to die down later in The Day .
Around 900 homes were still under mandatory evacuation order in The Hills around The City of Laguna Beach by Thursday morning.
" We will repopulate when it is safe to do so, " Orange County Sheriff's Department Captain Virgil Asuncion said in a Morning News conference.
Aircrafts were seen dumping fire retardant around the neighbourhoods of Laguna Niguel and Coronado Pointe, where the multi-million dollar mansions had burned overnight.
Officials say that hot embers travelling ahead of the main fire are what set many of the homes ablaze. Some homes not touched by embers were spared.
The Cause of The Fire is still under investigation. Southern California Edison, the utility company that provides electricity to much of Southern California , said that there was " circuit activity occurring close In Time to the reported time of The Fire ".
Utility companies in California are required by law to disclose if their equipment may have be involved in wildfires.
Several previous wildfires, including the largest in The State 's history, have been traced back to California's Pacific Gas and Electric, which paid a multi-billion dollar settlement in 2019.
Across the western US and Canada, firefighters are gearing up for a particularly fierce wildfire season. Experts say that a lack of winter moisture, combined with warmer temperatures, is causing vegetation to dry out earlier each spring, Making It more susceptible to fire.
The US Forest Service says that the concept of a " fire season" is now antiquated, since Climate Change has led to the possibility of wildfires being sparked throughout the entire " fire year".
" Fires in The Winter months are becoming part of The Norm , " The Agency said in a Last Summer .
The New Mexico blaze, dubbed The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire, has already burned over 250,000 acres.
Climate Change increases The Risk of the hot, dry weather that is likely to fuel wildfires.
The World has already warmed by about 1. 2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep rising unless governments around The World make steep cuts to emissions.
Source of news: bbc.com
