California wildfires rage trapping residents as temperature soars to record-breaking 49C
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mirror.co.ukMore than 200 people were airlifted to safety overnight after a fast-moving wildfire cut off the only road out of a California national park.
Twenty evacuees rescued from the Mammoth Pool Reservoir, a popular recreational site in California's Sierra National Forest, were taken to hospital, according to the Madera County Sheriff's Department.
The Creek Fire that started on Friday night rapidly grew to burn some 45,000 acres, forcing evacuations and road closures in the Fresno area in central California. "We're completely trapped.
There's fire on all sides, all around us," said Jeremy Remington, as he stood on a beach surrounded by fire in the Mammoth Pool Reservoir in a video posted on Twitter.
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