Forest fires

()![téléchargementmlom.jpg] PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — At least 17 people have died and hundreds have been reported missing as wildfires blaze across Northern California. The number of deaths may be startling, but it reflects a troubling reality, experts say — that there's only so much local governments can do to get people out of harm's way before fast-moving fires consume their homes.Fierce "devil winds" and near-record low humidity fueled the fires in California's wine country, which had burned nearly 100,000 acres Tuesday and were almost entirely uncontained.()![téléchargementlkmjk.jpg] Strong winds fanned the flames Sunday night into Monday, creating deadly infernos that destroyed entire neighborhoods — in the middle of the night.Several counties ordered evacuations for affected areas. But even in the best of circumstances, experts say, not everyone will get the message about evacuations, and not everyone will be able to leave quickly. And these weren't the best of circumstances."Most people were already asleep when the fires broke out. So that adds a major challenge," said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). "Plus in this situation, we had winds 50 to 60 miles per hour. So the fires were able to grow so rapidly that by the time the fire engines would even arrive at a street, the homes were already ignited." 

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