Los Angeles: Five dead from the big fires – Hollywood also evacuates

Revelation scenes unfold in areas around where large buildings burn and have caused the death of at least five people. Because of the strong winds in Los Angeles the fires have taken proportions and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. The heart of Hollywood is also vacated. CORVERSE The account of the dead is likely to become even heavier, warned Los Angeles County sheriff Robert Luna, stressing that the situation remains “very unstable”. For her part, Los Angeles fire brigade chief Christine Crowley announced a new fire — more than five with which her men are fighting — in low vegetation in the Hollywood Hills area. Authorities have ordered some 100,000 citizens to quickly leave their homes in the midst of the fires. CORVERSE The worst fire is considered that in the expensive suburb of Pacific Palisades, where various celebrities live. Urgent Update: Fires in Hollywood Hills and Sunset areas of Los Angeles are escalating quickly. Aerial units have been disabled to help control the situation. … — political lafda (@Politicallafda) The fire there occurred the other day Tuesday and had burned nearly 65,000 acres by yesterday. In their wake, the flames destroyed some 1,000 buildings, Los Angeles County Fire Corps chief Anthony Maroni said, stressing that the situation remains uncontrollable. “We don’t have enough firefighters to deal with this situation,” said the head of the local Maroni fire brigade desperately. In Altadina, north of Los Angeles, where the flames were about 43,000 acres after a fire occurred the other day. Tuesday, William Gonzalez returned yesterday to his home, where he had left in haste. He said that “we lost almost everything”: “the flames devoured our dreams. There are no more but ashes here.” Major smoke clouds rise in the airs of the second largest city of the United States, where the smell of burnt is ubiquitous. Authorities called on citizens to save water, as three tanks fueling firefighters emptied. “Trying to fight these fires with urban water systems is a real challenge,” admitted Janice Kinones, an executive of the town’s municipal water supply and electricity service (LADWP). Warm winds known as Santa Ana, common during Californian winter, were expected to blow with bursts that would even reach 160 km per hour yesterday, according to the American weather service (NWS), spreading the flames and raising “a mortal danger”. REUTERS/Mike Blake Beyond winds, meteorologist Daniel Swain noted “the lack of rain and abnormal heat and drought for six months” to explain the fires amid January. Firefighters also operate on two other fronts, around Santa Clarita and the San Fernando Valley. outgoing president Joe Biden, visiting California, went to a fire department in Santa Monica. He promised he would do everything he could for “as long as it takes”, in order to control the fires. Through Truth Social the elected president Donald Trump on his part managed against the Democratic governor of California, Gavin Newsome, black sheep of the tycoon. He accused him of being the main “responsible” for this “real disaster” and falsely argued that what the state is suffering is due to its environmental protection policies. Winter big fires are very rare in California. The Louvain University disaster database includes only two since 2000, “Thomas Fire” in 2017 (burned 1,102 square kilometers) and “Gavilan Fire” in 2002, less extensive (23 square kilometers), but caused massive hasty removal of residents and injuries. Scientists do not cease to warn that climate change makes far more frequent weather phenomena that are characterised as extreme and will multiply so-called natural disasters. Authorities yesterday ordered residents of the historic Hollywood district to be rushed away from their homes due to a new fire, manifesting in low vegetation on its hills, a few hundred meters from Hollywood Boulevard. “Direct threat to life. It is mandatory that residents be removed immediately. Public access to the area is forbidden,” said the Los Angeles city fire brigade, quoting a map which includes areas of the renowned district, heart of the film industry. Authorities yesterday ordered residents of the historic Hollywood district to be rushed away from their homes due to a new fire, manifesting in low vegetation on its hills, a few hundred meters from Hollywood Boulevard. “Direct threat to life. It is mandatory that residents be removed immediately. Public access to the area is forbidden,” said the Los Angeles city fire brigade, quoting a map which includes areas of the renowned district, heart of the film industry.