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Smoke and ash can harm everyone, even those who are healthy,
Dr. Muntu Davis, L.A. County’s health officer, said in a statement
Dangerous fire weather conditions will persist through Friday as fuels remain extremely dry and ready to burn, with Thursday the period of greatest concern,
the National Weather Service said in an advisory
Rains are in the forecast and the threat of mud and debris flow in our fire-impacted communities is real,
Supervisor Kathryn Barger said during a Wednesday morning news conference
A fire has been reported on Round Mountain/Sat'wiwa and the campus has been ordered to evacuate,
officials said in an emergency alert
Firefighters are aggressively attacking the fire from the air and ground with additional resources assessing and mitigating any potential structure threats in the immediate area,
Ventura County Fire officials said on social mediaThey do need the rain,
said Brian Hurley, a senior branch forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center
Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles."
NWS San Diego in a high wind warning
We’re still expecting some dry humidity and then gusts of winds possible up to 60 mph,
Ortiz said
We do have a plan in place … to evacuate the rest of the inmates on the entire facility if we absolutely had to,
Luna said Wednesday, without elaborating
I’m speechless to see all the houses burnt, and I can’t believe that Azul the bus — that’s what we named it — survived,
the van’s owner, Megan Krystle Weinraub, told CNN’s Erin BurnettOther people are hosing down their houses, too. I hope there's a house here to return to,
Amara said as police cars raced through the streets and flames engulfed trees on a hillside in the distance
Even a brief exposure can potentially cause skin irritation and lead to more serious problems,
Ferrer said Wednesday, asking people to wear protective gear while cleaning upThe situation that we’re in today is very different from the situation we were in 16 days ago,
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Wednesday eveningIt’s been stressful with those other fires, but now that this one is close to home it's just super stressful,
she saidIt's more sparsely populated. However, out here, we are dealing with high winds, which we also saw with the other fires, along with ... a very receptive fuel bed and steep topography again,
he said as firefighters battled the fire into the night
We’re getting the winds, we’re getting the low humidities, and this brush hasn’t seen any moisture in so long,
he saidThere are helicopters. That’s the good news. The bad news is it is going to get windy enough later that they may not be able to fly in the moments when it gets closest to communities,
he saidIt looked like a cloud, but as you got close, it looked like we were driving into hell,
she said of the dark smoke and red flames she saw
It's super dry and we know it will be increasingly windy later,
he saidI think that we've all been on edge over the last 16 days,
he said