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A helicopter drops water over a fire
on a hill, S California, Oct.22, 2007. Wildfires raged
across California on Monday, sparking mass evacuations and besieging
thousands of homes and buildings from Los Angeles to the Mexican border.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The smoke from
wildfires in southern California caused classes to be suspended Monday in the
northern Mexico cities of Tijuana, Tecate and Rosarito, in the state of Baja
California, an official source said.
Baja California's Police advised inhabitants of the region
bordering the United States to avoid going out of their homes except in an
emergency due to the harmful effects of the smoke.
Since the weekend the smoke from many Californian
grass and forest fires has filled Mexican skies with harmful heavy smoke.
The Police of Tijuana, near San Diego, California,
said they remain on alert in that zone due to the fire's proximity to
Tecate(Mexico)-Tecatito (U.S.).
The police added that the fire is not expected to
cross into Mexican territory since the winds are blowing in other directions.
The strong winds lashing southern California on
Monday sent the fires affecting Malibu out of control, where many Hollywood
celebrities have their residences.
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California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger tours the burned site of Malibu Presbyterian Church with
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca (3rd L) and Los Angeles County
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky (2nd L) in Malibu, California. Hundreds of
thousands of people fled as out-of-control wildfires raged across
California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services
to breaking point. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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