Multiple wildfires, fueled by powerful winds, have scorched communities across Los Angeles County, resulting in widespread destruction, fatalities, and injuries.
More than a thousand homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit the region in memory. In Pacific Palisades, the Palisades fire had charred more than 5,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, burning down to Pacific Coast Highway where it engulfed homes along the iconic stretch.
About 1,000 structures, including many homes, have been destroyed in the fire, L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said during a news conference Wednesday morning. Marrone said that while there have been no fatalities in the Palisades fire, officials have seen 'a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate in addition to first responders who were on the fire line.' The Eaton fire, which broke out Tuesday evening, had burned more than 10,000 acres near Altadena and Pasadena, whipped by gusts of up to 99 mph in the area, according to the Angeles National Forest. Two people have died in the Eaton fire and several others have been seriously injured. More than 100 structures have been destroyed, Marrone said. The Hurst fire, which spread quickly during high winds overnight in Sylmar, had burned more than 500 acres. The cause of the fires is under investigation. 'We woke up to a dark cloud over all of Los Angeles, but it is darkest for those who are most intimately impacted by these fires,' said L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. 'It is difficult to process the immensity of the destruction and loss, and we extend our hearts and every resource we have to all of our impacted residents.' On Wednesday, the roughly 1,500 firefighters assigned to the Eaton and Palisades fires were bracing for another challenging day of fire fueled by extreme wind
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