A new fire prompted evacuations Thursday in and around Los Angeles even as firefighters aided by calmer winds saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region's deadly and devastating wildfires, while the enormity of the devastation started to emerge.
A new fire prompted evacuations Thursday in and around Los Angeles even as firefighters aided by calmer winds saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region's deadly and devastating wildfires, while the enormity of the devastation started to emerge.
The Kenneth blaze ignited less than 3.2 kilometres away from the El Camino Real Charter High School, where people are sheltering from the fire in Palisades. The two fires are about 18 kilometres apart. City leaders were encouraged Thursday after firefighters made significant gains at slowing the spread of the two biggest fires that had ignited block after block from Pacific Palisades to inland Altadena, a community near Pasadena.
Water dropped from aircraft helped fire crews quickly seize control of the fires in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Much of the widespread destruction occurred Tuesday after those aircraft were grounded due to high winds. Right now, it's impossible to quantify the extent of the destruction other than"total devastation and loss," said Barbara Bruderlin, head of the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce.
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