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The whole city has just burned to the ground,
Vanessa Pellegrini, co-owner of Vittorio Ristorante & Pizzeria, told MSNBC As the fires pop up, nobody knows where the next one will be,
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said We are absolutely not out of danger yet, with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and the county today,
There are not enough firefighters in LA county to address four separate fires of this magnitude,
Angelenos should be advised that the windstorm is expected to worsen through the morning and to heed local warnings, stay vigilant and stay safe. Red flag parking restrictions will remain in effect until further notice,
The hot desert winds blowing at speeds of more than 60 kilometers per hour are fanning the flames like a hairdryer held over the hot embers."
We have well over 5,000 acres that have burned, and the fire is growing, ... we have no percentage of containment."
Marrone said, while adding Unfortunately, we have two reported fatalities to civilians, unknown cause at the time, and we do have a number of significant injuries,
Los Angeles Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said during a press conference Please limit your exposure by remaining indoors with window and doors closed and wearing a properly fit mask,
It's always sad when I have to say this, but part of our responsibility is to make sure nobody loots or steals from our community members who are already being impacted,
So if you're thinking of coming into any of these areas to steal from our residents, I'm going to tell you something - you're going to get caught, you're going to be arrested, and you're going to be prosecuted,
Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,
Trump wrote on Truth Social Yeah, we've been evacuated. I'm hoping it's still standing,
This is a dynamic and dangerous fire that is continuing to grow. We do have many structures damaged and destroyed but we are not able to quantify that at this time,
All of our landmarks, our schools, our grocery store, our churches, everything on the way down to PCH was on fire around us, so it was really hard to see that, and then and then drive away,
We were scared to stay, and we were scared to leave,
Cosentino told Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Wednesday Luckily, the police took down groups of cars with an escort after the other cars had been bulldozed, so we were able to drive through the congestion point, which looked like a war zone,
We need to be able to fly our aircraft. Our helicopters cannot fly under this wind condition. They are continually evaluating it. Unfortunately the winds are not forecasted to lessen over the next hours,
Everyone I know... has been evacuated, and I would say half of them have lost their homes,
We are in extreme wind conditions. We have winds sustained and gusting over 80 mph, which is hurricane force. It is not possible to stop a fire that is wind-driven like this, with this kind of topography, from the ground,
