(15 Jan 2025)
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Los Angeles – 15 January 2025
1. Various of rescue workers searching through remains of burned homes in the Pacific Palisades
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Jimenez, CalFire Public Information Officer:
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"So behind me these crews are going through what was a small community. And they’re finding out if there are any valuables they can give back to the residents. So that’s what they’re doing."
3. Various of rescue workers searching through remains of burned homes
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Jimenez, CalFire public information officer:
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"I know they’re doing it slow and methodic so that way there’s nothing missing."
5. Various of rescue workers searching through remains of burned homes
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Jimenez, CalFire Public Information Officer:
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"I do know that it basically has to be safe, so if there’s power. I believe there’s no power here now, so PG&E has to come in. Water, I don’t believe there’s water lines that are plumbed in right now from the burn. So those minimal stuff have to get done prior to the residents coming in."
7. Various of rescue workers searching through remains of burned homes
STORYLINE:
More than a week into what could be the costliest wildfires in U.S. history, weary and anxious Los Angeles-area residents were hoping Wednesday for a favorable shift in the winds and an end to the constant fear that their lives might be further upended.
The blazes that began Jan. 7 have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 25 people, with nearly 30 missing. The conflagrations fueled by dry Santa Ana winds have scorched at least 63 square miles (163 square kilometers) of land, forcing thousands of people from their homes, stretching firefighting efforts thin, knocking out power to tens of thousands and making the water unsafe to drink in some areas. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fires.
Although the winds gained strength Wednesday and set the region on edge, there is hope on the horizon, with a shift in winds expected Friday.
Winds gusted up to 35 mph (56 kph) before dawn Wednesday along the coast and valleys, and up to 55 mph (89 kph) in the mountains around LA, said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall.
A red-flag warning, which notes the increased risk of fire danger, was already in effect, but the weather service issued a rare warning about a “particularly dangerous situation” related to severe fire conditions.
The Santa Ana winds have turned seasonal wildfires into infernos that have leveled neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, where there has been no significant rainfall in more than eight months.
The wind is expected to switch directions on Friday and blow from the coast to the desert, which would bring more moisture off the Pacific, Hall said.
More than 82,000 people from highly populated neighborhoods including Pacific Palisades, Altadena and others remained under evacuation orders Wednesday. Another 90,400 people have been warned that they might have to evacuate.
An overnight curfew remains in effect for evacuated areas, and violators have been arrested, authorities said.
Around 850 patients and residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes were evacuated after the blazes last week, according to the California Department of Public Health.
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