IN PICTURES. Violent fires rage on the outskirts of Los Angeles, 2,300 hectares burned and nearly 30,000 people called to evacuate
Several fires broke out late Tuesday morning near Los Angeles, California. Only one injury among firefighters has so far been reported.
Devastating flames in the middle of winter. Nearly 30 000 Californians must evacuate in the face of the advance of violent fires, which successively broke out on Tuesday January 7 and Wednesday January 8 around Los Angeles and have already ravaged nearly 2 300 hectares of vegetation (5 660 acres), according to local authorities.
Almost 1 400 firefighters are battling the flames and hundreds more are on the way, California Governor Gavin Newsom said. Many residents evacuated in panic, with just a few belongings and their pets.
A house on fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Wednesday, January 8. The “Palisades Fire” broke out late Tuesday morning in this neighborhood overlooking Los Angeles, and has since ravaged nearly 1,200 hectares. (APU GOMES / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Firefighters battle flames from the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Wednesday, January 8. Nearly 1,400 firefighters are currently mobilized and hundreds more are on the way, according to California Governor Gavin Newsom. (APU GOMES / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Smoke from the Palisades Fire above the coast of Los Angeles, January 7, 2025. The city is swept by violent gusts of hot wind, which “reached their peak” during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday according to the governor of the State of California, Gavin Newsom. (APU GOMES / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Firefighters try to put out the flames of a burned house in Los Angeles on January 8, 2025. The area is home to many multi-million dollar villas where Hollywood celebrities live. (APU GOMES / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Californians evacuate along Sunset Boulevard, January 7, 2025. Nearly 30,000 people are under evacuation orders on Wednesday, January 8, according to authorities. Only one injury among firefighters was reported. (APU GOMES / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Houses engulfed in flames from the “Eaton Fire”, in Altadena, January 8, 2025. The “Eaton Fire” also broke out on Tuesday near Los Angeles, and burned more than 900 hectares according to authorities. (JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
A synagogue in Pasadena engulfed in flames from the “Eaton Fire”, California, January 7, 2025. In addition to the “Palisades Fire” and the “Eaton Fire”, two other blazes are raging: the “Hurst Fire” (200 hectares ) and the Tyler Fire (6 hectares). (JOSH EDELSON / AFP)