Confirmed Fatalities from California Wildfires Increase to at Least 31, Thousands Evacuated
Category: Natural Disasters
Severity: 2 (Low)
Source: Drum Cussac
10/13/2017 (United States) - Media reports on Friday, 13 October, indicate that the number of people killed in a series of wildfires burning across northern California has risen to at least 31. Hundreds of other people remain missing in the region as firefighters continue to tackle the blazes but many of these are believed to have self-evacuated without informing local authorities. At least 3,500 properties are currently believed to have been destroyed in the fires including in the city of Santa Rosa where several suburban areas have been devastated. Communities in the Napa Valley area are also reported to have been severely affected by the fires with at least 5,000 residents being evacuated from the town of Calistoga taking the total number of people displaced since Monday to around 25,000.
Those in northern California are advised to monitor local media sources for further updates on the fires and firefighting operations should heed any directives issued by local authorities. Travellers should anticipate significant fire-related disruption in the Santa Rosa and Napa Valley areas in the medium term and should factor this in to journey plans, differing non-essential travel to fire-affected areas and planning alternative routes to avoid the region where possible.
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