California Wildfires LIVE Updates: Winds Intensify as Los Angeles Death Toll Rises To 16 | USA |N18G
Palisades Wildfire LIVE: Extreme Winds Fuel Raging Wildfire in Los Angeles Area Neighborhood | USA Today | CNBC TV18
Source: AP/Reuters
CALIFORNIA – Ground view / aerial views of Los Angeles as massive fires continue to rage in California, forcing thousands of people to flee and resulting in widespread damage.
The Santa Ana winds are expected to strengthen today, after a brief reprieve yesterday, with gusts of 30 to 50 mph in coastal areas, and up to 70 mph in the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties.
The wind-fed wildfires have killed at least 16 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the greater Los Angeles area, destroying entire communities and more than 12,300 structures.
Evacuation orders for the largest blaze, the Palisades Fire, have expanded as it sweeps east and threatens Brentwood, Encino and Westwood. It is 11% contained. At least 153,000 L.A. residents were under evacuation orders overnight
The Kenneth Fire that burned through 1,052 acres of Los Angeles and Ventura counties is now 100% contained, according to the National Interagency Fire Center
The fire started burning Thursday evening in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, near Calabasas, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
As of Saturday night, the Lidia Fire, Archer Fire, Woodley Fire and Sunset Fire were 100% contained and no longer considered active, according to Cal Fire. Between them, the fires scorched 487 acres.
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