Ezokuvakasha yibhizinisi lesibili ngemuva kwewayini kuzo zombili izifunda zaseNapa naseSonoma eCalifornia. Izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-3.8 kanye nemboni echumayo zibhujiswa umzuzu nje ngokuphuma kwabantu kanye nosongo noma kangcono iqiniso lemililo yequbula ehlala ikhula.

Inselele, abaholi bezokuvakasha bendawo bathi, bekwenza umlayezo wokukhangisa okhuthaza izivakashi ukuthi zibuye ngaphandle kokuzikhumbuza mayelana nosongo lomlilo olukhona.

Bangaphezu kuka-180,000 abantu abaphoqeleke ukuba bashiye amakhaya abo ngemuva kokuba imimoya “eyingqophamlando” ibhule umlilo wequbula enyakatho yezwe elikhiqiza iwayini eCalifornia futhi yaphoqa inkampani enkulukazi yesifundazwe ukuthi inqamule ugesi ngezigidi ukuze kunqandwe eminye imililo.

Kungenye yezindlela zokufuduka ezinkulu kakhulu emlandweni weSifunda saseSonoma, futhi umbusi waseCalifornia uGavin Newsom manje usememezele isimo esiphuthumayo esifundeni sonke, ethi: “Sisebenzisa zonke izinsiza ezitholakalayo njengoba siqhubeka nokuphendula kule mililo kanye nemimoya enamandla engakaze ibonwe. .”

Umlilo wequbula wamanje, obizwa ngokuthi umlilo waseKincade, uqale ngoLwesithathu ebusuku futhi uqukethe amaphesenti angu-10 kuphela, Iziphathimandla zandise imiyalo yokuphuma ngempelasonto, zasusa izingxenye zeSanta Rosa, eyacekelwa phansi umlilo wequbula eminyakeni emibili edlule.

Umlilo ukhule cishe ngamahektha angama-4,000 ngobusuku obubodwa ngeSonto wafinyelela kumahektha angama-30,000 (47 square miles) futhi ucekele phansi izakhiwo ezicishe zibe ngu-80.

Imimoya enamandla nokuvunguza okufika ku-90mph ngeSonto kwenza umlilo ube nzima nakakhulu ukubhekana nawo, okuholela "ekuziphatheni komlilo okungaqondakali" nokuthumela amalahle ahamba amakhilomitha amaningi, iziphathimandla zixwayise.

INational Weather Service ibize lo mlilo “okungenzeka ukuthi uyisigameko esiyingqopha-mlando.