内容摘要："The goal is to have 5,000 of the most talented kids decide to become engineers every year," says Mr Karapetyan.

"The goal is to have 5,000 of the most talented kids decide to become engineers every year," says Mr Karapetyan.

We still don't know why they started, however. It might have been a lightning strike, downed power lines, a carelessly discarded cigarette. There could be a more nefarious reason, arson. Most wildfires are caused by humans.But as the LA authorities begin to piece together what initially sparked the blazes, the speed with which those first flames became raging, rapidly spreading infernos is symptomatic of something happening far more widely.

came together with devastating timing. A combination of long-term drought and heavy rainfall in the days before provided the fuel, while powerful – and at times hurricane-force – winds fanned the fires into raging infernos.At the outset, the Santa Ana winds as they are known – strong and gusty winds that blow from inland towards the coast – reached speeds of 80mph (129km/h), supercharging the inferno.Disastrously, the high winds prevented some firefighting helicopters and planes from taking to the skies in order to dump water on the burning areas.

"Without that air support, we're basically playing whack-a-mole to prevent losses at specific points," says Ms Graeden.These conditions come against the backdrop of climate change,

around the world, but also making them particularly explosive. This is when relatively small blazes rapidly "blow up" so suddenly and with such ferocity that they become difficult to control.

In California, the risk of such extremely fast-growing fires has increased by an estimated 25% due to human-caused climate change, according to some models.In his letter to Reeves, he said he had "endeavoured to give a voice to the voiceless" during his time in Parliament.

But he acknowledged his time as an MP "has been curtailed by a mistake for which I have taken full responsibility."Speaking to GB news earlier, Amesbury said he was "sad" and "devastated", adding: "Not only for me, but my staff as well, because, course, it goes beyond me, for my family. This is a result of something that I did on October 26."

Asked about the incident, which was captured on CCTV and widely shared online, Mr Amesbury said "I should have walked away" and "I don't recognise myself".He added: "But it is me, and it's very important that I've owned that through the legal process. A plea of guilty.