Local services and experts are afraid that abandoned swimming pools after the Eaton Fire fire in California can become mosquito habitats. The cloudy water in the home tanks creates ideal conditions for the development of insects. The authorities of the authorities are growing about the risk of the spread of dangerous diseases.
At the beginning of this year, California struggled with a catastrophic wave of fires. The first flames appeared on January 7 and in a dozen or so days spread to tens of thousands of hectares. One of the biggest fires was Eaton Fire, who sowed havoc, among others in Los Angeles. The element took the lives of at least 17 people and destroyed over 9,000 buildings, becoming the second most destructive fire in the history of California.
Although several dozen days have passed since the cataclysm, the services are still working on the spot, the ruins left by fire are removed. After analyzing aviation photos, experts and health care employees drew attention to home, abandoned pools filled with cloudy water. In their opinion, these places can become mosquito habitats.
– One pool can grow up to a million mosquitoes in a month (…). So, taking into account thousands of pools in this area, we think it could be a significant growth – said Jason Farned, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District (SGVMVCD).
Mosquitoes can carry dangerous diseases
Among the experts, the concerns of the spread of infectious diseases transmitted by insects also increased. In previous years, there were cases of fatal illness in Denga or the West Nile virus in California.
“We work hard to make sure that any mosquito activity as a result of a fire in Eaton will not contribute to this risk or increase it,” Farned emphasized and added that the owners of burned houses can apply for help in removing water from the pools to the engineering body of the United States Army, which is carried out.
Last year in Los Angeles, 11 cases of dengi incidence were recorded in the inhabitants.
Source of the main photo: CNN