Tag: US wildfire

Biggest LA fire spreading more slowly as survivors pick up the pieces

by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Crews battling wildfires ravaging southern California for a week have managed to slow the spread of the worst of the blazes, officials said Tuesday, as residents were taking stock of the catastrophic damage. The biggest “Thomas” fire has charred nearly 95,000 hectares (234,000 acres) of land and is only 20 percent contained, according to the state agency Calfire. But in the past day […]