The Reagan Presidential Library has been evacuated due to the CA fires. janewells reports on the damage across the state.
Extraordinarily dry, prolonged Santa Ana winds are predicted to gust through Southern California on Wednesday, prompting strong warnings from meteorologists as residents contend with damaging wildfires.
"I don't know if I've ever seen us use this warning," said forecaster Marc Chenard. "It's pretty bad." Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas said extremely high winds could also force the grounding of water-dropping helicopters, a vital component of the firefighting arsenal.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images
Governor Gavin Newsom has accused utilities of failing to adequately modernize and safely maintain their power systems.An army of some 1,100 firefighters battled the Getty fire Tuesday in a narrow window of slower winds. By early Wednesday, crews had managed to contain about 15 percent of the blaze. A firefighter walks through a burned property after the Kincade fire tore through Healdsburg, California on October 27, 2019.Early Wednesday, PG&E announced that it had restored about 73 percent of the 970,000 or so customers affected in earlier shutoffs.
The company filed for bankruptcy in January, citing $30 billion in potential liability from a series of deadly fires sparked by its equipment in 2017 and 2018.
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