Original title: the wildfire in Southern California lasted a week, and the fire has been controlled by 78%
On October 17 local time, Santa Barbara, California authorities said that firefighters had made significant progress in dealing with the wild fire alisal in the coastal mountains of Southern California.
Santa Barbara City officials said that within 24 hours, more than 1600 firefighters were deployed in the San ines mountains west of Santa Barbara to control the spread of the Alisa fire. The Alisa fire occurred on October 11, covering an area of nearly 27 square miles (69 square kilometers). As of the morning of the 17th local time, the Alisa fire had been controlled by 78%.
According to the California Department of forestry and the Department of fire control, this year's wildfires in California totaled 3900 square miles (10101 square kilometers), destroying more than 3600 houses and other buildings.
Scientists believe that in the past 30 years, climate change has made the western United States warmer and drier, so wildfires are more frequent, more destructive and more difficult to extinguish. (CCTV reporter Xu Ying and Xu Xiao)