The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area rose to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city's most famous landmarks.
The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area rose to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city's most famous landmarks.
"It resonates with me heavily," he said at a community meeting Saturday night. "Please be patient as we are up there ... we're still aggressively fighting fire out there." Crews from California and nine other states are part of the ongoing response that includes 1,354 fire engines, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 personnel, including newly arrived firefighters from Mexico, he said.
The fire also threatened to jump over Interstate 405 and into densely populated areas in the Hollywood Hills and San Fernando Valley.The fires that began Tuesday just north of downtown LA have burned more than 12,000 structures. "I think it will be in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of the scale and scope," he said.Volunteers overflowed donation centers and some had to be turned away at locations including the Santa Anita Park horse racing track, where people who lost their homes sifted through stacks of donated shirts, blankets and other household goods.
Officials on Saturday warned the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.
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