[ExI] California on fire

[BillK]

I've just seen a news report that a heatwave has started many
wildfires in California.
Mostly near Los Angeles.  It sounds pretty bad.

I also saw a report that in the USA, power cables were electrocuting
birds, setting them on fire and then the flaming corpses were starting
fires. I've never heard that before.
BillK

<https://phys.org/news/2024-09-wildfires-western.html>
Quotes:
Wildfires tear through western US during heat wave
by Huw GRIFFITH     September 9, 2024

A blaze burning out of a control near Los Angeles sparked mandatory
evacuations as it tore through swathes of tinder-dry California
countryside around popular tourist spots.

The so-called Line Fire erupted on Thursday to the east of the city
and exploded over the weekend, consuming more than 20,000 acres (8,000
hectares) and threatening tens of thousands of homes and other
buildings.

Mandatory evacuation orders have been imposed and major roads
shuttered, as more than 1,700 firefighters battle to contain the
fast-moving flames.
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