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Por:  AFP Agencia

Una vez más, un gigantesco incendio forestal que azota el sur de California, dejando un muerto, miles de evacuados y más de 150 casas y comercios destruidos.

El departamento de bomberos de Ventura, un condado al norte de Los Ángeles, informó que más de 27.000 personas abandonaron sus hogares para huir del incendio, que ya devastó más de 18.200 hectáreas en la zona.

KYLE GRILLOT/AFPThe Thomas Fire burns along a hillside near Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
MARK RALSTON/AFPA firefighter hoses down flareups at the two story Hawaiian Village Apartment complex that burnt to the ground during the Thomas wildfire in Ventura, California on December 5, 2017. Firefighters battled a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California that has left at least one person dead, destroyed more than 150 homes and businesses and forced tens of thousands to flee. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
MARK RALSTON/AFPA firefighter hoses down flareups at the two story Hawaiian Village Apartment complex that burnt to the ground during the Thomas wildfire in Ventura, California on December 5, 2017. Firefighters battled a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California that has left at least one person dead, destroyed more than 150 homes and businesses and forced tens of thousands to flee. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
MARK RALSTON/AFPA firefighter hoses down flareups at the two story Hawaiian Village Apartment complex that burnt to the ground during the Thomas wildfire in Ventura, California on December 5, 2017. Firefighters battled a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California that has left at least one person dead, destroyed more than 150 homes and businesses and forced tens of thousands to flee. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPResidents watch as the Creek Fire burns along a hillside near homes in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPA man watches as the Creek Fire burns along a hillside near homes in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPA man uses a hose to extinguish the Creek Fire as it burns along a hillside near homes and horses in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPA woman takes a photo as the Creek Fire burns behind a hillside near houses in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPA firefighter opens a gate to investigate a house threatened by the Creek Fire burns along a hillside near homes in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPThe Creek Fire jumped Wentworth Street near homes in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. The Creek Fire has so far swallowed 11,000 acres (around 4,500 hectares). / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPThe Thomas Fire burns along a hillside near Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot
KYLE GRILLOT/AFPA resident watches as the Creek Fire burns along a hillside near homes in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. / AFP PHOTO / Kyle Grillot