Gobarar Palisades da Eaton, wadanda suka fara ne a ranar Talata, sun zama manyan gobarorin da ke lalata yankunan Los Angeles, inda suka lalata dubban gidaje da kuma kasa da yawa. Bayanan daga Ma’aikatar Gandun Daji da Kare Gobarar California sun nuna cewa gobarar Palisades ta kone kusan kadada 20,000, inda ta lalata gidaje sama da 5,300. Sannan gobarar Eaton ta kone kimanin kadada 14,000, inda ta lalata gidaje aƙalla 4,000.
A cewar wani mai suna Aaron Samson, wanda ya tsere daga gobarar tare da mahaifin matarsa, gobarar ta kai su da sauri kuma makwabcinsu ne ya cece su. “Wannan abu ne mai ban mamaki,” in ji Samson yana mai cewa makwabcin “ya cece rayukanmu.”
Allie Garfinkle, wacce ke zaune kusan mil shida daga gobarar Palisades a Venice Beach, ta ba da labarin yadda ta fara jin hayakin gobarar a safiyar Laraba. “Mun fara jin hayaki,” in ji Garfinkle, inda ta kara da cewa ta yanke shawarar barin gida saboda hayakin ya shafi lafiyar mijinta.
Gobarar Palisades, wacce ke ci gaba da konewa tsakanin Santa Monica da Malibu, ta kone sama da kadada 20,000 har zuwa ranar Alhamis da yamma. Hakan yana daidai da yanki mai girman daga Battersea Park a kudu maso yammacin London zuwa filin jirgin sama na London City, ko kuma daga Newark zuwa Forest Hill a New York.
Dan wasan kwaikwayo Milo Ventimiglia da matarsa Jarah, wacce ke cikin juna biyu, sun rasa gidansu a cikin wadannan gobarorin, yayin da kusan mazauna 180,000 suka yi gudun hijira a fadin gundumar. “Za mu yi kokarin tsira,” in ji Ventimiglia yana mai cewa matarsa da jaririn da ke cikinta da karensu su ne mafi muhimmanci.
Haka kuma, gobarar Eaton ta lalata yankunan Altadena da Pasadena, inda ta bar barna mai yawa. Hotunan da aka samu sun nuna cewa ginshikan bututun haya ne kawai suka tsira daga rugujewar gidaje.
Shugaban Sashen Kare Gobarar Los Angeles, Kristin Crowley, ta yi gargadin cewa iskar da ke kadawa za ta ci gaba da yin wahalar kare gobarar. “Ba mu cikin kwanciyar hankali ba,” in ji Crowley yayin wata taron manema labarai. “Za mu ci gaba da fuskantar gobarorin da ke ci gaba da konewa tare da iska mai karfi.”
Har ila yau, an samu rahotannin cewa wasu mutane sun yi amfani da yakin neman zabe don satar kayayyaki daga gidajen da aka yi gudun hijira. Hukumar ‘yan sanda ta kama mutane kusan 20 saboda wannan aikin, kuma an sanya dokar hana fita da dare a yankunan da abin ya shafa.
Yayin da gobarorin ke ci gaba da yaduwa, yawancin mazauna Los Angeles suna fuskantar matsaloli masu yawa, gami da asarar gidajensu da kuma gudun hijira daga yankunansu. Hukuman suna kokarin kare rayuka da dukiyoyi, amma iskar da ke kadawa tana sa aikin ya zama mai wahala.
