THE wildfire in Palisades in Los Angeles seemed to be unstoppable with raging windstorm ravaging the Hollywood Hill spreading over 2,900 acres.
Over 200,000 homes and buildings are without power in the country, CNN reported on Thursday.
Wildfires spread in Los Angeles County
Firefighters are battling multiple wildfires in Los Angeles County as a devastating windstorm has created extremely dangerous fire weather conditions.
Tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders. The largest fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, has destroyed 1,000 structures and is growing, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said on Wednesday.
Many were forced to abandon cars in the neighborhood between Malibu and Santa Monica, prompting fire officials to use a bulldozer to move vehicles that piled up as evacuees became stuck in traffic. With traffic slowing evacuations and flames jumping the highway, some had considered sheltering on the beach.
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Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Sheila Kelliher said the terrain and wind combined created a “massive fight.”
“It’s the perfect storm, as they say — the low relative humidity, the high gusty winds, the low fuel moisture, the lack of rain and the excessive fuel growth that we’ve had over the last three years really have set this up for this once-in-a-decade wind event,” she told CNN’s Laura Coates.
Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate as a fast-growing fire destroys homes in the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles. Many were forced to abandon cars in the seaside neighborhood sandwiched between Malibu and Santa Monica, which have also issued evacuation orders. With traffic slowing evacuations, and flames jumping the highway, some considered sheltering on the beach.
• The out-of-control Palisades fire is blazing through about five football fields a minute and has burned more than 2,900 acres. Los Angeles has declared an emergency and officials warned that the worst is yet to come as “tornado-like” winds complicate firefighters’ battles.
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• Two other fires have erupted in Los Angeles County: The 100-acre strong Hurst fire north of San Fernando, and the Eaton fire in Altadena, which has grown to 1,000 acres in a matter of hours. At a Pasadena senior care home, workers raced to evacuate residents with the Eaton blaze just a block away. More than 200,000 homes and buildings are without power in the county.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF RAGING FIRE: https://x.com/WAJU73/status/1877265105131299269
Source: CNN
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