WILDFIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 20 PERCENT CONTROLLED JULY 15, 2012 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/collections/collection52.htm Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2,000 firefighters are trying to control the “Robbers Wildfire” that is burning in a steep, heavily wooded area of Placer County about 83 km (50 miles) northeast of Sacramento, the capitol

THE WILDFIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 11

INITIALLY, 300 FIREFIGHTERS WERE ENGAGED; LATER 2,000

TANKERS TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE FIRE