Blaze exploded on Friday and quickly grew to 11,900 acres in size as Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for Yosemite area
Discussing the ferocity and fast-growing nature of the blaze, the former vice-president Al Gore, long a campaigner for action on the climate crisis, warned: “The survival of our civilization is at stake.”the White House was still considering announcing a climate emergency, adding that Joe Biden was prepared to use “every tool available to him” to tackle climate change, including executive orders., represented a dangerous new front in the fight against wildfires in the western US.
On Sunday the temperature was just under 100F . While dramatic smoke formations created by the fire on Saturday had calmed, ashen air cloaked the region, shrouding the Sierra foothills in a thick haze. “We are fortunate enough hay the winds have remained the same,” he added, noting that gusts had slowed. Still, Vasquez said, “the fire is burning so intensely that it tends to create its own weather. There is a lot of fuel to be consumed out there.”Photograph: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images
“The fire is moving quickly,” said Daniel Patterson, a spokesperson for the Sierra national forest, adding that the blaze “was throwing embers out in front of itself for up to two miles yesterday”.Gore, who was vice-president to Bill Clinton between 1993 and 2001, spoke to ABC’s This Week, repeating his warnings over rising global fossil fuel emissions.
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