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"Crews were combing through the rubble in Los Angeles with cadaver dogs in
search of additional victims from the still burning fire siege that has forced
tens of thousands to flee and reduced entire neighborhoods to ash.
Over the past two days, fast-moving wildfires, fanned by hurricane-force winds,
have rampaged through communities, forcing nearly 180,000 people to evacuate
and killing at least 10 people.
The Eaton fire near Pasadena has burned over 5,000 structures, a term that
includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles. To
the west, in Pacific Palisades, the largest of the fires burning in the LA area
has destroyed over 5,300 structures. Between the Eaton and Palisades fires,
more than 10,000 structures have burned.
The Los Angeles county sheriff warned that the death toll is likely to rise as
teams search the burned areas, which cover more than 30,000 acres (12,000
hectares).
Authorities’ work has been hindered by the conditions inside the fire zones, a
spokesperson with the sheriff’s department told the Los Angeles Times, but
detectives are investigating multiple deaths.
As authorities try to determine the effects of the devastating fires, the
blazes continued to burn across Los Angeles. A new brush fire, the Kenneth
fire, started on Thursday afternoon in the San Fernando Valley – just a few
miles from where fire evacuees were sheltering at a high school – and prompted
evacuation orders in the community of Calabasas.
Although the strong winds eased slightly on Thursday, they were expected to
strengthen in the evening and into Friday, causing further panic in a city that
has been been hit by what officials have described as among the worst disasters
in its history."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
