ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 8月11日 01時35分

The largest wildfire in California’s history is actually 2 fires — the River Fire and the Ranch Fire — cutting across vast areas of wilderness in 3 counties of Northern California. Together they are called the Mendocino Complex fire, and have scorched more than 300,000 acres. So far, though, relatively few homes have burned down, and no one has died. In between the fires is Clear Lake, and hugging the north side of the lake is Highway 20, its pavement smeared red in places with fire retardant dropped from planes. The highway connects a string of lakeside communities where residents were ordered to evacuate because of worries that winds could shift quickly and drive the fire to edge of the lake. But in California, mandatory evacuations are, in effect, not mandatory. Law enforcement agencies do not force residents to leave, and along the lake, many stayed as the fire raged, to defend their homes. If residents choose to ignore an evacuation order, they are required to stay in their homes. “They just don’t want to lose their houses,” said Leah Robbins, a captain at the fire station in Lucerne. Our staff photographer @jimwilson125 took this photo of firefighters battling the blaze. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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