Bangaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi abakhishiwe ngenxa yemililo yequbula yase-Oregon

Bangaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi abantu abakhishiwe ngenxa yalokhu Imililo yasendle yase-Oregon. Lokhu kumele ngaphezu kwamaphesenti ayishumi omphakathi wonkana wombuso wezigidi ezingu-10.

Okungenani bangu-3 abantu asebeshonile ngenxa yomlilo njengoba amakhulu ezinkulungwane ephoqeleka ukuthi abaleke emizini yawo. Izinga lomoya liphansi ezindaweni eziningi, futhi ugesi unqamuka ezindaweni eziningi.

Umhlaba ongaphezu kwama-square miles angama-800 ushisiwe kanye nabacishimlilo ababalelwa ku-3,000 abalwa nemililo yequbula engama-37 equbuka namuhla. Amahektha angaphezu kuka-100,000 5 ashiswa imililo emi-1 kanti iphesenti elilodwa kuphela elivinjiwe.

Cishe zonke izindawo ezinabantu abaningi base-Oregon kusukela e-Ashland kuya e-Portland eduze ne-Interstate 5 ziyathinteka. Kukhona imililo emi-2 ezifundeni zase-Clackamas nase-Marion iziphathimandla ezilindele ukuthi izohlangana, okubangele ukuthi izakhamuzi zase-Molalla nase-Estacada zikhishwe. I-Portland iqaphile ukuze kuphume abantu abangaba khona. Usongo lwale mililo emi-2 kwenze izikhulu zikahulumeni zakhipha i-Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, lapho umbuso uvalela khona bonke abesifazane esitokisini futhi ucubungula zonke iziboshwa ezingena ohlelweni lokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe.

Kuze kube manje ayikho ingxenye yeMultnomah County okudingeke ukuthi ikhishwe, nokho, iMeya uTed Wheeler iyalele ukuthi amapaki aleli dolobha avalwe ngenxa yezinga eliphansi lomoya, futhi izikhulu zesifunda zisebenzela ukuvula i-Oregon Convention Center ePortland njengendawo yokukhosela abantu ababalekayo. kusuka eClackamas County.

UMbusi wase-Oregon uKate Brown umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo kuzwelonke futhi wathi umbuso uzolahlekelwa kakhulu yimpahla kanye nezimpilo zabantu ngenxa yemililo yequbula emlandweni waso ethi umbuso ubhekene nezimo zomlilo ezimbi kakhulu emashumini amathathu eminyaka. Izimo ezomile kanye nomswakama ophansi ohambisanayo kunomthelela emililweni yequbula kanye nemimoya yasempumalanga engavamile yasehlobo, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, nokwanda kwamafutha asehlathini.

UMbusi uBrown ukhiphe umyalelo wesikhulu namuhla wokuthi kunqandwe ukukhokhwa kwentengo ngesikhathi sesimo esiphuthumayo somlilo wequbula ezweni lonke. Umemezele “ukuphazamiseka kwemakethe okungavamile” ngemva kokuba imibiko ibonise ukwenyuka okungajwayelekile kwamanani okulala abantu base-Oregon abaphoqeleke ukuba baphume ngenxa yomlilo ezweni lonke. UBrown uthe kukhona nokukhathazeka ngokuthi imililo yequbula ingase ibangele ukushoda kwezinye izimpahla nezinsiza ezibalulekile.

"Ngesikhathi kunesimo esiphuthumayo ezweni lonke, akwamukelekile neze ukubiza ama-Oregoni asevele ahlukumezeka kanzima futhi abhekene nokulahlekelwa okubi kakhulu," kusho uMbusi. "Lo myalelo unikeza u-Attorney General kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-Oregon amandla okuphenya ngalawa macala."