To capture this difficult position, the Canadians would carefully plan and rehearse their attack. The Canadians would be assaulting over an open graveyard since previous French attacks had failed with over 100,000 casualties. Situated in northern France, the heavily-fortified seven-kilometre ridge held a commanding view over the Allied lines. The Canadian Corps was ordered to seize Vimy Ridge in April 1917. But it was a victory at a terrible cost, with more than 10,000 killed and wounded. Canadian troops also earned a reputation as formidable, effective troops because of the stunning success. Many historians and writers consider the Canadian victory at Vimy a defining moment for Canada, when the country emerged from under the shadow of Britain and felt capable of greatness. Forest Service lands in the area were also closed.The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 The Radford Fire covered 50 acres late Monday afternoon , according to San Bernardino National Forest.īy Tuesday morning, the fire had grown to 450 acres with 0% containment, officials said.Īn evacuation order was issued according to the Yucaipa Police Department. A portion of a state highway, State Route 38, was closed in both directions, according to CalTrans, and U.S. Radford Fire breaks out in San Bernardino National ForestĪnother fire broke out in the San Bernardino National Forest on Monday afternoon near Big Bear. Winds were threatening to renew its eastward spread in steep terrain, fire officials said. The nearby Mountain Fire grew to over 18 square miles and was 20% contained Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire. Three other people were injured fire, Cal Fire said, but no other details were available.
The Mill Fire, just south of the Oregon border, measured over 6 square miles and was 55% contained as of Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire. The bodies of the two women, 66 and 73, were found Friday, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. “There’s no easy way of putting it,” LaRue said.
Two people died after the Mill Fire ripped through the town of Weed in Northern California, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said Sunday. Mill, Mountain fires rage in Northern California Triple-digit temperatures across California are straining the electrical grid and making rotating outages increasingly likely, authorities said. The city of Hemet is also experiencing an "unrelated weather-caused power outage," Reichardt said Tuesday. Shane Reichardt, public information specialist for the Emergency Management Department, said all schools within the Hemet Unified School District were closed Tuesday. Seven structures have been destroyed, with several others damaged. He warned that predictive models show the wind will reverse 180 degrees, pushing the fire back through what it scorched Monday.Īn evacuation order that was initially issued for 1,584 homes was expanded Monday evening. "This fire burned differently than it normally would on a given day," he said. "It burned the complete opposite direction of what it should do." The fire has been moving in an "atypical wind direction," Janssen said. It's unknown whether the victims are related or from the same household. "Those individuals were attempting to flee the area and were overcome by the fire," he said Tuesday morning. Two people were killed and another injured when winds pushed the fire into a canyon, according to Josh Janssen, the incident commander. In less than an hour, it had exploded to 500 acres, according to Cal Fire. The fire broke out Monday in an unincorporated area near Hemet, about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The Fairview Fire in Southern California grew to almost 4 square miles Tuesday morning, with just 5% containment. Fairview Fire kills 2 near Hemet in Southern California Two people died in a rapidly-spreading wildfire in Southern California on Monday, Cal Fire officials said, and two others were killed in a Northern California blaze that has ripped through a small town. Over 4,000 firefighters are battling 14 large fires around the state, and 45 new fires erupted on Sunday alone, said Anale Burlew, a deputy chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Watch Video: Deadly wildfire in California fueled by hot conditionsįour people were killed in California wildfires over Labor Day weekend, officials said, amid record-breaking temperatures expected to drive historic power demands across the state Tuesday.
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