IRNA � Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi extended his condolences over the death of people in recent wildfire in California, US.


In his condolence message on Thursday, Qasemi condoled with the bereaved families of the tens of people who were killed in the recent wildfire in western US.

The wildfire started on November 8 in the jungles near Los Angeles and soon spread quickly with winds reaching 80 kilometers per hour.

It has been one of the most destructive fires the state has ever seen, burning near 40,000 hectares of land, killing at least 59 and obliging over 60,000 to evacuate the area.