California Governor Gavin Newsom calls for an independent investigation into the water supply problems.
In California, USA, the winds calmed down a bit on Friday, which made it easier for a while to put out wildfires raging in the region.
In the Los Angeles area, five separate fires have so far burned more than 14,000 hectares, according to the California Fire Agency, according to the AFP news agency.
The winds that spread the fires since the beginning of the week are expected to strengthen again after the weekend.
So far, 11 people have been confirmed dead, but the number is believed to rise. More than 150,000 people have still been ordered to evacuate, he says Los Angeles Times.
According to the estimates of AccuWeather, a US private weather service company, the costs caused by wildfires can reach up to 150 billion dollars.
Problems with water supply in the areas
Governor of California Gavin Newsom on Friday called for an independent investigation into water supply problems in Los Angeles suburbs.
“We need answers to ensure this does not happen again and that we have all the resources available to fight these catastrophic fires,” Newsom wrote message service in X on Friday.
CNN’s according to some of the fire areas, there have been problems with water tanks that are dry or under repair. For example, in the devastated Pacific Palisades area, water tanks emptied intermittently on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, leading to reduced pressure in fire hydrants.
According to the experts interviewed by the news channel CNN, even fully functioning fire hydrants would not have been enough to put out violent fires like this week properly.
– I don’t know of a single water system in the world that has prepared for such an event, says the water resources expert Greg Pierce from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Sources: AFP, STT, Los Angeles Times