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A wildfire has displaced over 30,000 residents of Palisades in Los Angeles in a fire that spans over 1,261 acres.
The city of Los Angeles has declared a State of Emergency to contain the wildfire said Marqueece Harris-Dawson, President of the Los Angeles City Council.
Burnt area:
Aerial reconnaissance shows that the Palisades Fire has burned about 1,261 acres and growing with the help of strong winds and surrounding topography, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley said Tuesday. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood is experiencing north to northeast winds around 15 miles per hour (mph) with gusts up to 30 mph, but stronger wind gusts are expected overnight, officials warned.
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Evacuations:
As of Tuesday afternoon, 30,000 people had been evacuated from a total of 10,000 households and 15,000 structures, businesses and other buildings, said Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell.
Personnel in place:
Over 250 firefighters are on scene fighting the Palisades Fire, Crowley said Tuesday. This includes 46 engines, three trucks, five helicopters and six paramedic ambulances, among other resources.
California had “pre-positioned hundreds of assets and personnel on Sunday in anticipation of this wind event,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a news briefing Tuesday, listing a range of resources brought down from different parts of the state. Newsom also expressed his gratitude to President Joe Biden, who is in LA currently, for federal assistance.
California also received a Fire Management Assistance Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Tuesday, Newsom announced on X.
Abandoned vehicles: People faced traffic gridlock as they tried to flee the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, video from CNN affiliate KABC shows.
Multiple people told KABC they left their cars trying to get out of the area. If evacuees have to abandon a vehicle, “get it as far off the road as you can so that emergency vehicles get by,” McDonnell said.
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Power cutoff:
Southern California Edison, which supplies power to 5 million homes and businesses, has begun preemptively shutting off power to some customers in order to prevent its electric system from becoming a possible source of fire ignition.
About 8,600 customers fall under the current Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), which the utility describes as “a tool of last resort” amid heightened fire conditions. The shutoffs stretch across Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura Counties. The utility is considering shutoffs for more than 400,000 additional residents as extreme winds gust through parts of Southern California.
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