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About 250,000 residents evacuated from the District of San Diego in California because of the threat of a forest fire that has already destroyed more than 40,000 hectares of forest and bush, local media reported.

The Governor of the state declared a state of emergency in seven counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura, where a total of 11 forest fires raging.

“The situation continues to deteriorate. There is a possibility that fire comes to the coast before it could be put out. We burn more homes than there are people, and fire fighting vehicles to cope with fire. Many lose their homes today, “said the head of journalists Bill Metklaf fire department.

According to him, the situation has deteriorated dramatically overnight. “The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that many of us had anticipated, and this is not yet a few hours ago,” said Metcalf.

Putting strong wind hampered fire-aircraft fire could not rise into the air. “Now our enemy number one – the wind,” said the governor at a press Schwartznegger.

According to the San Diego Sheriff Bill Kolendera district, the current fire could become the worst in the history of the district, stronger than fire Seder, who four years ago claimed the lives of several people and the territory covered more than 113,000 hectares.

The current fire started near Los Angeles and San Diego on Sunday and spread due to strong winds, dry and hot weather.

So far, aware of one person killed and 14 injured in the fire in San Diego. Four of the victims – fire, three of them are in critical condition.

In the city of Malibu fire that destroyed a local sight-Kashan castle, which belongs to the daughter of former Iranian Oil Minister Lawrence Lilly. As stated Lawrence itself, the damage is estimated to be worth more than 10 million dollars.

As flames burned pictures, family values, and some things that belonged to Elvis Presley. However, speaking to reporters Lawrence was not killed by grief. “My parents taught me not to let me have my property. The house has a house here and the whole story, “she said.

User Tony Wright has established a new record of duration of telephone conversation. The conversation proceeded 40 hours (the last record – 39 hours, 18 minutes and 24 seconds). It is complex to assume, that such it is possible to discuss during such time interval, but as the champion approves, themes were quite “household”. We shall note, that at conversation the IP-telephony was used.

 The national meteorological service has informed on it.  With an output on a land in area of the city of Tekolutla hurricane has lowered intensity to the first category on five-point scale, however continues to remain extremely dangerous.  The wind blowing with speed over hundred kilometers at o’clock, possesses the force, capable to bring down trees and support of electricity transmissions. At the approach to the mountains which have risen on a way of elements, overcast which bears with itself hurricane, will spill strong downpours. They represent danger not smaller, than a gale-force wind. As a result of torrential rains of the river overflow banks, and in mountains there are landslips. Influence “Dyne” is now felt even in internal areas of Mexico, including in capital of the country Mexico City, where all the day long. The governor of state of Veracruz Fidel Errera in the special application for press has emphasized, that all actions on preparation for an extreme situation have been executed in full, including selective evacuation of the population in the equipped refuges. The help to forces of a civil defence render four thousand military men.  Owing to measures on preparation for arrival of hurricane, in Mexico while it was possible to avoid human victims. “Dynes” rages above the Mexican territory the second day and has caused a significant material damage on peninsula Yucatan.

On the specified data, before hurricane 20 person in the island states of Caribbean basin has carried away lives.

Rescuers have found out bodies of several more victims wreck the bridge above the river Mississipi in the center of Minneapolis, informs Reuters referring to police on Thursday. ” The destruction the several more person on a place of incident ” is confirmed, – the chapter of police of Minneapolis Tim Dolan has told. On missing persons are registered 30 person. Earlier it was informed, that as a result wreck the bridge on Wednesday in the evening were lost seven person, tens have received wounds. The site of the ferro-concrete bridge in length of 150 meters on which there passed an eight-strip highway, has caved in and has fallen off in water and on quays in a rush hour, 18.05 on local time, carrying away for itself cars gone by a dense stream. In hospitals have been delivered more than 60 person.

The bridge on which repair work was conducted, has been constructed in 1967; during last inspections in 2005 and 2006 of structural damages and defects it was revealed not.

The talib insurgents who have grasped on the last Thursday 23 South-Korean hostages, again have declared, that execute them on Monday on a decline if negotiations about their clearing will be conducted the same as now. ” Negotiations proceed, but, similar, they go badly “, – the representative of insurgents Al Ahmadi, not begun to open the site has phoned to agency ” France Press “. ” If they will be conducted in the same way, I think, hostages will kill “, – it has told. As he said, hostages ” in kind The talib insurgents who have grasped on the last Thursday 23 South-Korean hostages, again have declared, that execute them on Monday on a decline if negotiations about their clearing will be conducted the same as now. ” Negotiations proceed, but, similar, they go badly “, – the representative of insurgents Юсуф Al Ahmadi, not begun to open the site has phoned to agency ” France Press “. ” If they will be conducted in the same way, I think, hostages will kill “, – it has told. As he said, hostages ” in kind health, give them meal and water “. ” We hope for the fast sanction of a situation as to contain them and to look behind them in such conditions to us very hard “, – has declared Al Ahmadi. Talibs demand a conclusion from Afghanistan a South-Korean contingent in structure of 200 person. The Afghani armies have surrounded area of a province of Ghazni where talibs keep citizens of South Korea, the majority from which – young women.