Clara Harter is a breaking news reporter at the Los Angeles Times.
Firefighters are in for a long and dangerous night battling the Palisades fire as fearsome winds are forecast to grow even stronger and could hinder efforts to fight the blaze by air. The fire ignited at Piedra Morada Drive at 10:30 a.m. and — fueled by intense wind gusts — had scorched 2,921 acres by early evening, forcing more than 30,000 residents to flee their homes. The extreme wind event blasting Southern California is forecast to peak between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m.
Gavin Newsom, who visited the site of the Palisades fire Tuesday. “We can be up there all day, making people feel good,” he said, “but we’re not doing any good.” The combination of extreme winds and critically low humidity create a dangerous recipe for new fires to break out over night. “We are anticipating — hopefully we’re wrong — but we’re anticipating other fires happening,” said Newsom, adding that the state had strategically positioned resources in areas of high fire risk.
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