The Hollywood Hills were affected by more fires in Southern California
The Los Angeles Firefighter’s Report of Los Alamos-Alama County (Calif.) Gov. Gavin Newsom
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said more than 7,500 personnel are responding to the fires across local, state and federal agencies. The fires are being fought by helicopter, air tanker and dozers.
“We just finished cleaning up from the Rose Parade of all things, and now this,” she said. The big thing was showing how wonderful life is here followed by a show about how bad life can be.
They left their home in Pasadena with just toothbrush, laptop, and stuffed animals that belonged to their children when they were younger.
An evacuation order signals the fire poses an “immediate threat to life” and mandates evacuations, while an evacuation warning carries a “potential threat to life and/or property” and suggests that those with pets and livestock, and those who would need more time to evacuate, do so, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, better known as Cal Fire.
Only two fires have been somewhat contained — Lidia (40%) and Woodley (100%) — according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection — Cal Fire.
The Los Angeles area is under a high risk of fires starting and spreading. Fires have torn through entire neighborhoods, and the city’s famous landmarks, including the Hollywood sign, are in danger. The firefighters are trying to tame the fire.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said a critical risk of fire remained in the area, as high winds, dry vegetation and low humidity are contributing to the infernos.
A patchwork of deadly blazes that have forced mass evictions and leveled entire communities in Los Angeles County has burned nearly 30,000 acres as firefighters struggled to control them.
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The wind advisory will remain in effect until Friday afternoon. People are advised by the NWS to stay at least 100 feet away from downed power lines.
We had a Santa Ana wind event over the last couple of days that was strong enough to cause a widespread, life-threatening and destructive windstorm.
The winds tend to be about 30 to 60 mph when there are a couple times a year, according to the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard chief meteorologist.
This week’s wildfires have been fueled by Santa Ana winds, dry, gusty winds that blow toward the coast. They are relatively common in the region, but not at this strength.
With a windspeed of 20 to 60 miles per hour possible until Friday, the National Weather Service warned that the strong winds could still be of concern in the coming days.
The confluence of factors has created dangerous situations that pose unsafe conditions for our school communities, according to the district.
US president Joe Biden is receiving real-time information on the situation and has offered “all federal assistance needed” to put out the fires. “FEMA—the Federal Emergency Management Agency—has approved a fire-management grant to support the affected areas and help reimburse the State of California for the immediate costs of fighting the fires,” the president said in a statement on Wednesday. The president has declared the fires a major disaster.
We are with you in Southern California. And we’re not letting up,” said the president, who on Wednesday canceled a planned trip to Italy to focus on the fire response.
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Several movie premieres—such as those of the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, the Jennifer Lopez vehicle Unstoppable, and Wolf Man, starring Julia Garner and produced by Ryan Gosling—have been canceled due to dangerous conditions. A fire erupted a few hundred yards from Hollywood Boulevard, forcing the evacuate of the Hollywood neighborhood. The out-of-control situation has also led the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to postpone the announcement of the Oscar nominations by two days.
AccuWeather increased its estimates of the total damage and economic loss on Thursday to between $135 billion and $150 billion.
The Lakers and Hornets game was pushed back to a later date, while the Vikings and Rams game will be played in Arizona.
The fires that have ravaged Los Angeles, killing at least six people and leaving thousands of others damaged, has become the most destructive in the city’s history. As the winds have slackened, experts are optimistic that the fires can be defeated.
The priority was saving lives and protecting property, according to LA Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. We now have a more powerful assault thanks to our full capacity.
In a two-pronged attack, aircraft have ramped up dousing the fires from the air while firefighters and bulldozers starve them of fuel on the ground. At times earlier in the week, planes had to be grounded because of the severity of the wind.
The former director of the California Department of Fire Protection believes the tide is turning. The key to success is to get through red flag fire weather today and tomorrow. I think we will start to see more progress.
The wind speed has been over 100 miles per hour. They’ve been raking down from the northeast to the southwest, fanning the flames and throwing burning embers half a mile in front of the main fire. Canyons running largely the same direction have funneled and intensified that movement of air, creating what Pimlott called a “blowtorch” that spread the Palisades Fire. The flames were unstoppable.
“These pressurized winds literally explode out of these canyons,” says Janet Upton, former deputy director of Cal Fire. “All you can do is work to get anything with a heartbeat out of the way.”
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that “all federal assistance needs to be provided to California” to deal with the wildfires that have broken out in the state. “FEMA has approved a fire-management grant to help reimburse the State of California for immediate costs of fighting the fires,” he added. At least six people have died in the fires.