California Fire and its Impact: California fights with largest ever fire in its history

California is battling with its largest wild fire in its history forcing more than half million people to leave their homes. The deadly and fast-moving wildfires destroying multiple West Coast states on Thursday and wind is pears through 470,000 acres of dry vegetation.  Official’s reports that there still areas difficult to reach and about 10 people have lost their life across California, Oregon and Washington and 16 people remain missing and 10% of state’s population have been evacuated. According to the reports on September 11, total of 7,718 fires have burned 3,175,523 acres of land. Governor Kate Brown said the number of lands burnt in the last 72 hours had doubled the state's average age, and that at least five cities had been severely damaged.

Wildfire has taken control over human life, they lost their homes and properties and it will never be the same when they return back. Full analysis on the damage of California fire remains unclear and it is calculated that the wildfire has taken 471,185 acres of land. The orange sky is not any filtered image this shows the impact of California fire in region and also a eye opener to all that how bad the situation is and how bad will the impact be. 

Firefighters are fighting day and night to make a way into the devastated areas and making the things under control and they are expecting that more bodies may be discovered. A team of human science doctors at Chico State University assisted in the search. The week-long fire was almost 50%, during busty wind on Tuesday, blowing through the rugged mountains of Sierra Nevada and destroying the town of Berry Creek. Fires, caused by drought-tolerant vegetation amid warming temperatures caused by climate change, spread at an alarming rate and gave people less time to escape.

2020 California wildfire is a series of ongoing wildfires that are burning around the state of California. In August a complex fire became the largest record blaze in Californian history. California has never seen this amount of unconstrained fire across the state. Firefighters across the state has united in the mission with the advanced technologies to bring the situation under control, Police went door to door to ensure that all people have been evacuated, the changeling part of evacuation was with kids and pets.

According to the California department of fire and forest protection 14000 firefighters are batting 28 fires across the state. The North Complex fire has already taken more than 250,000 acres of land.  Firefighters have given proper notice to the people to evacuate in the view of their safety. 

At this point last year, California saw 4,927 fires burning 118,000 hectares. By 2020, there have been 7,606 flames so far. Fire fires are a major part of the annual challenge, with the highest number of wildfires typically occurring between July and November when hot and dry winds are most common. The wildfire season usually does not end until the first autumn rainstorm, which usually occurs in mid-October in Northern California, and between mid-Octobers to early November in Southern California. Climate change over the years has huge impact on these wild fires and the reason being the increasing wildfire over year. 

Impact of California fire on Humans & Environment 

The extreme wildfire in North California has destroyed homes, buildings and properties of the people there and which will cost them a lot and when they return back it will not be like before and never be.Their dreams, hard work and happiness became ashes now, major concern is about their life and health. Some of them may reconstruct their homes but they are many things which can’t be reconstructed or rebuild. The impact on the environment was huge and it will take another hundreds of years for a return back. 

The fire has eaten up everything on the path, it consumed all buildings, property, assets and with that it also consumed the wildlife, burned the timbers, killed animals and birds, remaining wildlife has become homeless. Climate change has actually made the situation worse in California and the record shows that the number of fire has risen and also the air quality has become poor due to the some from these fires. 

The fire has eaten up everything and in return it gave smoke carrying toxic chemicals to hundreds of thousands of miles. These smoke deposits carbon in atmosphere in large amount. The toxic fumes have already caused air pollution to drop to dangerous levels in Northern California. In the Napa region, for example, officials have described the air as dangerous, distributing thousands of face masks so that people can use it to stay safe. Children are at high risk of smoke. Their limbs grow faster and inhale unequal amounts of dirt than adults. Smoke is a big thing for children. Our research shows that when they exercise in a polluted environment, they are more likely to have asthma or other respiratory symptoms. Elderly people in those regions who already have preexisting breath problems will face extreme impact of wildfires.

California wildfires not only impact air or cause air pollution, it also left back tons of debris after the fire which includes everything like left behind of houses, automobiles, woods, paint, plastic and many other chemical compositions which are toxic and very dangerous to humans and animals. Officials are working hard to remove this debris to reduce the environmental and human impact of the leftovers. This will also result in loss of top soil and losing all texture of the soil.

The wildfires have had a devastating effect on the wine growing areas. Some vineyards reportedly lost their buildings but their vineyards survived, while others saw their fields and other natural resources destroyed and Grapes are contaminated. Napa County Agricultural Commissioner Greg Clark has sent a notice to farmers that grapes in contact with flames should not be harvested as they are not safe for humans.

Extreme wildfires can destroy every foundation plants and animals depend on. Loss of topsoil and organic matter can have a detrimental effect on a variety of processes, including nutrient retention and water infiltration. Specifically, invasive weeds and grass can outgrow native plants and shrubs, making soil erosion much easier which could lead to more fires in the future. Impact on animals will depend on their species. Small animals, such as rabbits and other birds, can have a hard time surviving the loss of native vegetation.

California wildfire will have huge impact on humans, animals and the environment and it will take years to replenish back and the increasing fire is a reminder of the climatic change and also a wake up alarm.