(14 Jan 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Altadena, California – 13 January 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Ty O’Neil, The Associated Press:
“I’m here in Altadena, California, at the front lines of the Eaton Fire which has already burned thousands of homes just north of L.A.”
2. Helicopter dropping water on fire
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ty O’Neil, The Associated Press:
“ Firefighters are here doing what’s called fuel removal. Cutting brush trees or anything else that could provide fuel to the fire.”
4. Firefighters cutting away brush
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ty O’Neil, The Associated Press:
“Doing this is just one of the ways they’re trying to stop the fire spread."
6. Helicopter dropping water on fire
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ty O’Neil, The Associated Press:
“Just over in the canyon next to me whole neighborhoods have been destroyed, row after row of homes burned to the ground. Many residents in the impacted areas have not been able to return to find out if their homes survived.”
8. Mid of destroyed building
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ty O’Neil, The Associated Press:
“Many will be holding their breath through Monday and Tuesday as high winds are expected to come back through the region.”
10. Various of crews working on fence line
11. Wide of smoke rising, crews working in burning area
12. Helicopter in sky
13. Helicopter dropping water
14. Fire crews walking
15. Crew member cutting brush
16. Firefighters moving brush
17. Wide of destroyed building
18. Pan of burned home
19. Wide of fire and smoke rising
20. Helicopter dropping fire retardant
21. Helicopter collecting water
STORYLINE:
Additional water tankers and scores of firefighters arrived in the Los Angeles area on Monday ahead of fierce winds that were forecast to return and threaten the progress made so far on two massive infernos that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.
Planes doused homes and hillsides with bright pink fire-retardant chemicals, while crews and fire engines were being placed near particularly vulnerable spots with dry brush.
Dozens of water trucks rolled in to replenish supplies after hydrants ran dry last week when the two largest fires erupted.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other officials — who have faced criticism over their initial response to fires that began last week — expressed confidence Monday that the region was ready to face the new threat with additional firefighters brought in from around the U.S., as well as Canada and Mexico.
“We’re absolutely better prepared,” LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said when asked what will be different from a week ago, when hurricane-force winds propelled multiple fires across the parched, brush-filled region that hasn’t seen rain in more than eight months.
The winds are not expected to reach hurricane-force like last week, though they could still ground firefighting aircraft, Marrone said, warning if winds reach 70 mph (112 kph), “it’s going to be very difficult to contain that fire."
Fire officials advised residents in high-risk areas to just leave home – and not wait for formal evacuation orders — if they sense danger.
In less than a week, four fires around the nation’s second-biggest city have scorched more than 62 square miles (160 square kilometers), roughly three times the size of Manhattan.
The National Weather Service warned the weather will be “particularly dangerous” on Tuesday, when wind gusts could reach 65 mph (105 kph).
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