“Unprecedented Fires” Scorch 3,000 Acres In Los Angeles Area, Forcing 49,000 To Evacuate

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LA Fire Summary:

  • Fast-moving, wind-driven fires are sweeping through the Los Angeles area, forcing mandatory evacuations for over 49,000 residents. The fires remain 0% contained.
  • The Palisades Fire (caused unknown) has burned nearly 5,000 acres, while the Eaton Fire has scorched 1,000 acres and the Hurst Fire has consumed 500 acres.
  • Gov. Gavin Newsom deployed 1,400 firefighters & declares state of emergency.
  • Nearly 300,000 residential and/or commercial customers are without power in the LA region.
  • NWS: Worst fire conditions (high winds) will peak Wednesday morning. 
  • Malibu residents warned about potential evacuation.
  • Fires ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED 

Evacuation Map (via NYT):

 

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Update (1115ET):

LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone told reporters, “We have well over 5,000 acres that have burned and the fire is growing. We have no percentage of containment. We have an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed.”

Trump was right…

There’s nothing like waking up to a fire apocalypse that morning…

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Update (0700ET):

The Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst wildfires raging in Southern California show no signs of abating.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department reported on X that nearly 3,000 acres—roughly 4.5 square miles—are ablaze, and the fire is 0% contained as of early Wednesday morning.

According to PowerOutage.US, nearly 300,000 customers across the area are without power.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on X that 1,400 firefighters have been delayed in the area to “combat these unprecedented fires.”

“Emergency officials, firefighters, and first responders are all hands on deck through the night to do everything possible to protect lives,” Newsom said.

Malibu City authorities have urged residents to leave immediately.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is nowhere to be found because she is attending the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama in Accra, Ghana.

But-but-but global warming…

Scenes of the inferno: