LOS ANGELES, California – Gobarar da ta barke a yankin Los Angeles ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 24, ciki har da wani mutum da ya rasa kafa da dansa mai fama da cerebral palsy. An gano gawar mahaifin a gefen gadon dansa, inda ya mutu yana kokarin kare gidansu.
Daya daga cikin wadanda suka mutu, wanda ya kai shekara 85, ya ki barin gidansa yayin da gobarar Palisades ta kusa shiga, ya fi son ya zauna tare da dabbobinsa masu kyan gani. Har ila yau, wani tsohon jarumin yara daga Ostiraliya ya mutu a cikin wannan bala’i, da kuma wani mazaunin Malibu da ake kira ‘magnet ga mutane’.
Kamar yadda ofishin binciken likitancin gundumar Los Angeles ya bayyana, takwas daga cikin mutuwar 24 sun shafi gobarar Palisades da ke kusa da gabar tekun Kudanc California, yayin da sauran mutuwar 16 sun shafi gobarar Eaton da ta barke a gabashin Los Angeles. Amma, ba za a iya tantance cikakken adadin mutuwar ba har sai an sami damar shiga wuraren da aka lalata, saboda hadurran da ke tattare da katsewar wutar lantarki da kuma iskar gas.
Daga cikin wadanda suka mutu, Annette Rossilli, 85, ta ki barin gidanta a Pacific Palisades tare da karenta Greetly, tsuntsunta Pepper, biyun aku da kuma kunkuru. Ta mutu a cikin motarta da gobarar ta kama. Anthony Mitchell, wanda ya rasa kafa, ya mutu yana kokarin kare dansa Justin, wanda ke fama da cerebral palsy. Erliene Kelley, 85, ta ki barin gidanta na sama da shekaru 40 a Altadena, inda ta mutu a cikin gobarar Eaton.
Victor Shaw, 66, ya mutu yana kokarin kashe gobarar Eaton da bututun ruwa, yayin da Rodney Nickerson, wanda ya rayu a Altadena sama da shekaru 50, ya mutu a gidansa. Rory Callum Sykes, tsohon jarumin yara daga Ostiraliya, ya mutu a cikin gobarar da ta kama gidan iyalinsa a Malibu. Randall ‘Randy’ Miod, 55, ya mutu a gidansa da ke Malibu, wanda ya kasance wurin da ya fi so. Charles Mortimer, 84, ya mutu sakamakon gobarar Palisades, yayin da Dalyce Curry, 95, ta mutu a cikin gidanta da gobarar Eaton ta lalata.
Gwamnatin tarayya ta Amurka ta ba da taimako ga wadanda abin ya shafa, inda ta ba da tallafin ceto da kuma share tarkace. Hukumar kula da bala’o’i ta tarayya (FEMA) ta kuma yi alkawarin saurin gina wuraren da aka lalata.
