From the sky, entire streets of Los Angeles were wiped out. The second largest city in the United States has been plagued by major fires since January 8, 2025. The fires have destroyed or damaged more than 12,300 structures and caused the death of 24 people, according to the latest report from the authorities this Friday, January 17 . Nearly 130,000 people were evacuated. Celebrities such as Mel Gibson and Paris Hilton have lost their homes.
Anastasia Parks, 29, lives in Highland Park, a neighborhood in northern Los Angeles just four kilometers from the fire that was burning in Pasadena just a few days ago. “We had to leave our house for a day because the smoke was making us sick“, tells the young woman Batiact.
Fires “linked to climate change”
Some experts say these fires are “historical“. Renaud Le Goix describes them, “exceptional“. “In ten days, the area burned is equivalent to a quarter of the area devastated by the 2009 fires“, indicates the doctor in geography, professor at Paris Cité University and specialist in Los Angeles, joined by Batiact.
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