California Wildfire Disaster Relief

This week, Northern California experienced a record-breaking heatwave with nearly 12,000 lightning strikes in areas that have started wildfires and have caused burning homes and evacuation. So far, 1.66 million acres have burned, and 15,800 firefighters all the way from Florida and New Jersey are providing extra help. However, fire experts say that this year is especially dry, and they are just reaching the peak of the fire season. There are still at least two or three months left before the rain arrives.

Here are some updates from the SFGATE that the Cal Fire provided regarding the three largest wildfires burning in Northern California ever since Sunday, August 30th:

SCU Lightning Complex	LNU Lightning Complex	CZU Lightning Complex
378,157 acres	375,209 acres	84,760 acres
55% contained	58% contained	37% contained
0 civilian fatalities	5 civilian fatalities	1 civilian fatality
33 structures destroyed, 29 damaged	1,209 structures destroyed, 193 damaged	755 homes destroyed, 84 damaged
20,065 structures threatened	10,350 structures threatened	9,374 structures threatened

Embrace Relief, in collaboration with Bay Area Cultural Connections and Pacifica Institute Northern California, plan to send emergency supplies and humanitarian aid to those who have been affected by these wildfires. Any donation amount, big or small, will help us bring humanitarian relief to those affected. Please join us in our mission to help those affected by these California Wildfires.

Link: https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/Bay-Area-wildfires-updates-LNU-CZU-SCU-smoke-fires-15524153.php

Photo: Flames from a backfire consume a hillside as firefighters battle the Maria Fire in Santa Paula, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)