WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump said that the ongoing wildfires in the western state of California had caused a “catastrophic damage” adding that 52,000 people have been already evacuated over the disaster.
Three major fires are currently raging in California, with the Camp Fire hitting its north, and the Woolsey Fire and the Hill Fire hitting its south. The disaster, which started on Thursday and quickly spread across the state, has already claimed 11 lives and destroyed over 6,500 buildings.
Please pray for California. The wildfires are insane and leaving behind so much tragedy. #prayforcalifornia ???? pic.twitter.com/UcI4sXQJbF
“More than 4,000 are fighting the Camp and Woolsey Fires in California that have burned over 170,000 acres. Our hearts are with those fighting the fires, the 52,000 who have evacuated, and the families of the 11 who have died. The destruction is catastrophic. God Bless them all,” Trump wrote on his Twitter page on late Saturday.
Trump slashed federal funding for forest management in California and now blames the state for its own wildfires. He’s also, you know, threatening to withhold even more federal funds as people, homes, and animals are literally being burned alive. At least 9 people are dead. pic.twitter.com/j7MwruPo1J
The president pointed out that the fires were expanding very quickly.
It’s like a war zone of abandoned and burned out cars: what a panic it must have been trying to escape the #wildfires #CaliforniaFires #CampFire pic.twitter.com/u6VPyWFrzO
