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Santa Ana winds fueled fires in the Pacific Palisades and Los Angeles counties, and the Los Angeles school district is not in session
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.
“My Administration will do everything it can to support the response,” he said. People living in the Pacific Palisades and the surrounding area of Los Angeles are urged to stay alert and listen to their local officials.
According to him, California has secured a federal grant from FEMA which will reimburse up to 75% of eligible costs to suppress the fires.
This week’s wildfires have been fueled by Santa Ana winds, dry, gusty winds that blow toward the coast. They are quite common in the region, but not at this strength.
Around 200,000 people were without power in LA and Ventura counties. Firefighting authorities will typically turn off power lines, as a downed line can cause sparks that escalate to flames.
Flames reached two schools, the structure of Palisades Charter Elementary, and the playing fields of Palisades Charter High School, according to The Los Angeles Times. The district said that the latter school is not in session.
Five Los Angeles schools will be closing Wednesday, and a sixth temporarily relocated and joined with another. The district said it is waiting to make a decision about whether to close the impacted schools Thursday.
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The governor said in a video that there is no fire season in California this time of year.
If you have a pet or livestock, you must evacuate, and if you need more time, you should go, as an “evacuation warning carries a potential threat to life and or property” and suggests that you do so.
The Eaton and Hurst fires both started later Tuesday, with the Eaton fire first reported at about 10:30 p.m. local time, also in Los Angeles County. Late Tuesday night, the Hurst fire was reported in the Sylmar neighborhood north of Los Angeles, leading the L.A. Fire Department to issue evacuation orders near where Interstate 5 meets the 14 and 210 freeways.
With firefighters having not contained any portion of the fires and high winds forecast overnight, anxiety grew over what conditions residents and officials will face as Wednesday breaks.
More than 7,000 people are responding to the fires, according to the governor of California. They are using a number of different types of aircraft to fight the fires.
She said they just finished cleaning up from the Rose Parade. “We had the big thing that showed off how wonderful life is here followed immediately by something showing off how awful life can be.”
Cheryl Heuton and her husband left their home in Pasadena with just toothbrushes, laptops and old stuffed animals that belonged to their children when they were younger.
Los Angeles Firefighters Perturbed by the Sunset Fire. Los Angeles County Fire Department Effesses Embedded in the Hollywood Hills
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 Sunset fire broke out Wednesday night, encroaching on the Hollywood Hills and prompting mandatory evacuations in notable parts of the area, such as Mulholland Drive, Hollywood Boulevard and Runyon Canyon Park. By early Thursday morning, most of the evacuation zone had been lifted, said the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Nearly 30,000 acres remained burning early Thursday across Los Angeles County as firefighters struggled to control a patchwork of deadly blazes that has forced mass evacuations and leveled entire communities.
A wind advisory will remain in effect until at least 2 p.m. PT on Friday. The NWS advises residents to stay at least 100 feet away from downed power lines and call 911.
“Every once in a while we get a much stronger Santa Ana wind event like what we had over the past 24 to 36 hours, in which case we ended up with a widespread, life-threatening and destructive windstorm.”
“The typical strengths of the winds are about 30 to 60 mph when they occur, a couple times a year in Los Angeles and Oxnard,” Cohen said.
The winds peaked with speeds of 90 mph in Henninger Flats and 89 mph at Saddle Peak on Wednesday.
The confluence of wind, fire and smoke has created dangerous, complex situations that present unsafe conditions for our school communities.
Preliminary State of Biden’s California Disaster Response – “Southern California, We’re with you,” said President Biden
On Wednesday President Biden made a major disaster declaration that provided federal funding to residents, as well as low cost loans and other programs to help individuals and businesses recover from the effects of the disaster.
“Southern California, we’re with you.” The president canceled a planned trip to Italy to focus on the fire response.
