Three wildfires burning in Southern California have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate, with no containment as high winds are expected overnight.
Two persons ride by on motorcycles as the Palisades Fire destroys a neighborhood in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. More than 4,000 acres of land are burning in Southern California from three wildfires, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. With firefighters having not contained any portion of the fires and high winds forecast overnight, anxiety grew over what conditions residents and officials will face as Wednesday breaks.
The Palisades fire started Tuesday at about 10:30 a.m. local time, and has burned nearly 3,000 acres of land in Los Angeles County. The Eaton and Hurst fires both started later Tuesday, with the Eaton fire first reported at about 10:30 p.m. local time, also in Los Angeles County. Late Tuesday night, the Hurst fire was reported in the Sylmar neighborhood north of Los Angeles, leading the L.A. Fire Department to issueBy early Wednesday morning Eaton had burned 1,000 acres of land, while the Hurst fire had burned 100 acres of land. A screenshot from Cal Fire as of 3:53 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday shows the location of three fires burning in southern California: Palisades, Eaton and Hurst. The causes of all three fires are being investigated, and they were all at 0% containment early Wednesday morning.An evacuation order signals the fire poses an'immediate threat to life' and mandates evacuations, while an evacuation warning carries a'potential threat to life and/or property' and suggests that those with pets and livestock, and those who would need more time to evacuate, do so, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, better known as Cal Fire. The fires could spread to neighboring areas, such as Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, according to the National Weather Service. Wildfire season in Southern California typically runs from the late spring to the fall, according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Grou
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