It’s horror again for the city of Los Angeles, once again hit by a fire.
And fire raged Tuesday in an upscale neighborhood of Los Angelesto UNITED STATES, destroying houses and causing evacuations. At least 1.182 hectares went up in smoke in a zone de Pacific Palisadesa district of Los Angeles where resident of many celebritieslocated between the cities of Malibu and Santa Monica, officials said.
Of the alerts had been issued against the risk of fire because of strong winds after a period of drought prolonged. The fire grew quickly, as officials estimated conditions were expected to worsen overnight, which could force more people to evacuate their homes.
Witnesses said several homes were engulfed in flames as they fled the hills of Topanga Canyon, where the fire spread. Firefighters used water bombers to fight the flames. Some people were forced to leave their vehicles to evacuate on foot, even though there is only one main road from the canyon to the coast and only one highway to reach safe areas.
A second fire
The National Weather Service (NWS), the American meteorological institute, had issued a fire alert from Tuesday to Thursday in most of Los Angeles County.
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and said firefighters had been deployed to the south of the state as a preventative measure. “We hope we’re wrong, but we expect to see more fires break out,” he said at a news conference.
A second fire broke out later near Pasadena, where 80 hectares burned, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said.
US President Joe Biden said in a statement that he had offered federal support to fight the fire.
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