CNN CNN Newsroom Live January 24, 2022 07:50:00
Over that span of a few hours. when it comes to fires, especially in this region of california where you have so much elevated terrain and landscape, we know fire speeds essentially double by about every ten-degree increase in slope. again, i use the analogy of lighting a match, holding it straight out, it will burn slowly toward your finger. give it a slope, it rapidly burns toward your finger. this is what firefighters are dealing with across this region of california as these fires are expanding so rapidly. with this particular one, the good news is the winds have died down. there's some we...