Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) have been identified by regulators as potentially responsible for the deadly Camp fire in northern California and the Woolsey fire in southern California, which began on the night of November 8.
NASA tweeted a satellite image showing the California skies ‘shrouded in smoke’ from the deadly Camp Fire in Northern California.
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As our @NASAEarth Terra satellite captured this image on Nov. 14, smoke continued to spread widely from the #CampFire. The air quality sensors in many parts of northern California measured unhealthy to hazardous levels of pollution. Stay informed: https://t.co/IrtkFpCebI pic.twitter.com/mc98SDL74d
— NASA (@NASA) November 15, 2018
At least 71 people are confirmed to have died in a catastrophic wildfire in northern California while a further 1,000 are still missing, officials have said.
According to authorities, thousands of additional structures were still threatened by the Camp Hill fire, and as many as 50,000 people were under evacuation orders at the height of the blaze.
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Wildfires caused northern parts of the state to record the worst levels of air quality in the world, according to Purple Air. The levels in California exceeded cities in India and China.
Dozens of people are still hospitalized a week after the deadly wildfire broke out in Northern California.
The Camp Fire is declared to be the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history.
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