Los Angeles Fires In Wealthy Pacific Palisades And West Hollywood Are Wreaking Havoc (Video)

January 7. 2025

The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles has been ripping through Pacific Palisades and West Hollywood due to heavy winds. The hilly, heavily populated areas are congested due to people trying to flee. Smoke is billowing through the air in Los Angeles affecting air quality in a city already suffering from heavy smog.

The area is home to many Hollywood celebrities and executives. Evacuation orders have been issued. The fire is being described as unprecedented. The local government is lamenting the fact that some did not heed the warnings to evacuate, because now some are trapped in homes, and it is difficult for firefighters to reach them to perform rescues.

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California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up

Updated Wed, January 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM UTC - LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands. In the frantic haste to get to safety, roadways were clogged and scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases.

The traffic jam on Palisades Drive prevented emergency vehicles from getting through and a bulldozer was brought in to push the abandoned cars to the side and create a path, according to the LA Fire Department. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in Southern California to attend the naming of a national monument by President Joe Biden, made a detour to the canyon to see “firsthand the impact of these swirling winds and the embers,” and he said he found “not a few — many structures already destroyed.”...

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