USA. A fire ravaged famous vineyards. “It was scary”

Scorching skies, charred trees and vines, houses ravaged by flames: a fire called “Glass Fire” that broke out on Sunday claimed nearly 4,500 hectares in Napa County, one of the most prestigious wine-producing areas in the United States, according to firefighters. local media.

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“Everything else is lost”

Some vineyards burned down, such as Chateau Boswell in St. Helena and many others were in the immediate danger zone. “We saved the vineyard last night, but all else is lost,” said Tuck Beckstoffer, CEO of the winery of the same name, in an interview with Wine Spectator.

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Fires in California, which usually occurred between August and November, have become more frequent and tragic in recent years, in part because of climate change.

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California fires PAP / EPA / JOHN G. MABANGLO

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More than 11,000 people were involved in the evacuation action announced by the authorities on Sunday night, when rescuers often ran door to door alerting them to the danger. 4,500 residents of a residential area in the neighboring wine county of Sonoma were evacuated in this way.

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“It was scary and I didn’t expect it to be so close,” Doris Tietze, 91, who had to flee fires for the third time in recent years, told the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Many of the area’s inhabitants, traumatized by fires that had ravaged the region in recent years, also faced a disaster in the middle of the night.

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Napa and Sonoma counties were already hit by devastating fires in 2017, killing a total of 44 people and burning several thousand buildings.

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“This is how we live in California now”

As a precaution, energy supplier Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) cut power off on Sunday in some risk areas where weather services raised a “red flag”, warning of the risk of fire from heat waves and dry winds, ideal conditions for an outbreak.

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More than 1,000 firefighters, assisted by helicopters and planes with water tanks, fought the fire that could not be contained on Monday morning.

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In northeastern California, Butte County, which had been hit hard by numerous fires since mid-August, was forced to evacuate on Sunday evening near the small town of Paradise.

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The region has already been ravaged by one of the most deadly fires in the history of the country in November 2018, Camp Fire, which killed 86 people and destroyed around 18,000 buildings.

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– That’s how we live in California now. It’s a state of debris, not sun, Santa Rosa resident Patrick Ryan told the San Francisco Chronicle as he prepared to flee his mansion from the impending flames.

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