The military, who was sent to forest fires covered in forest fires, provided access to water in order to eliminate the fire foci with the goal of emergency powers. This was stated by US President Donald Trump.
According to him, the army “turned on the water, and a lot of water came to the region.”
The Department of Water Resources denied the approval of the head of the White House. The department said that the army units were not part of the state.
Earlier, the US President announced that he ordered the military forces to send military forces to California in order to ensure access to water resources to effectively extinguish forest fires that covered this region.
January 24, Donald Trump signed a decree that provided for emergency measures to increase water supply in order to combat forest fires in California.
Forest fires in Los Angeles
The number of large-scale forest fires who died on January 7 began in Los Angeles to 29 people.
Fire turned thousands of acres of land into ashes.
Fires covered the area that exceeding the area of the city of San Francisco.
The fire destroyed or damaged more than 12 thousand buildings.
Against the backdrop of a spontaneous disaster, the authorities ordered to evacuate almost more than 150 thousand people
The total damage and economic losses caused by the continuing fires are estimated in the amount of 250-275 billion dollars.
January 23 in the area of Lake Castaik (California), a new forest fire began. The fire spread to an area of more than 4 thousand hectares.