'Still think climate change isn’t real?': A shocking photo of California’s record-breaking wildfires has stoked unfounded fears that the city of San Francisco is burning to the ground.
Overnight, the August Complex Fire became the biggest recorded blaze in Californian history, after multiple fires in the state’s northwest combined amid high temperatures and winds to rip through 470,000 acres of dry vegetation.
Among those killed in the past day was a one-year-old boy who perished while his parents suffered severe burns as they attempted to flee an inferno 209km east of Seattle. In Butte County, California, where three people have been killed, firefighters battled the flames through the night, after a day of apocalyptic orange skies over the Golden State.
“We were packing everything and you can hear the propane tanks just exploding … and when we heard the second one we were just like, ‘We need to go in case it does move faster’, because you never know,” she told AFP. Heavily polluted air meant schools and day cares were no longer letting children play outside, while seniors and vulnerable individuals were encouraged to stay inside.
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