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No words really—just a horror show. Some of the design choices we made here helped. But we were also very lucky,
Chasen wrote on the account @ChasenGreg Also no vents or eaves and tempered glass windows. Lucky that there was bit more space from the neighbors—but unlucky that the neighbor pulled his car into driveway. Solid concrete perimeter wall probably saved us there."
You have a sterile perimeter: no vegetation, except for the planters. You probably have a fire resistant roof and siding,
one user wrote in response to his post It looks like an atomic bomb dropped in these areas. I don't expect good news, and we're not looking forward to those numbers,
Luna told a press conference They're not going to give you the value of your house ... if they do you really have to fight for it,
I told the governor, local officials, spare no expense to do what they need to do and contain these fires,
Biden said after meeting with senior advisers at the White House We are alive. That's all that matters,
private security guard Bilal Tukhi said while standing watch outside his employer's damaged home, saying Everybody knew these winds were coming... you got to have water and my understanding is that the reservoir was not filled on time, or in a timely manner
Caruso - himself a former commissioner of the city's Board of Water and Power - declared What I know from talking to the governor, there are concerns out there that there's also been a water shortage,
he said in a press briefing Thursday We are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds
At this time, that's what we believe
The officer was asked directly if he believed the fire was set intentionally, and he said There are areas where everything is gone, there isn't even a stick of wood left, it's just dirt,
Yesterday morning I had a beautiful Spanish cottage that gave me endless joy, where I met my husband and raised my son
If you stay, you're going to die.
At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders on Thursday evening, and a chilling warning was issued on Thursday night urging locals to get out now, with Senator Adam Schiff bluntly revealing It is safe to say that the Palisades Fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles,
Not since the 1990s when Los Angeles was hit with the fires, the flood, the earthquake and the riots, have I seen such disaster occur here in our city,
We see these fires spread when it is hot and dry and windy, and right now all of those conditions are in place in southern California,
Kristina Dahl, vice president for science at Climate Central, told AFP This is the most widespread, devastating fire in California's history,
US President Joe Biden said as he convened a special meeting of senior administration officials at the White House This looks like the apocalypse, to be honest with you, it just doesn't feel like the normal things that happen in your life,
said 74-year-old singer Oren Waters, who was assessing what remained of his home of 50 years on the outskirts of Los Angeles The Los Angeles Fire Department is issuing a Mandatory Evacuation Order for an immediate evacuation order for all residents within this area,
the fire department said in an alert
