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They're not going to give you the value of your house ... if they do you really have to fight for it,
It looks like an atomic bomb dropped in these areas. I don't expect good news, and we're not looking forward to those numbers,
Luna told a press conference We are alive. That's all that matters,
private security guard Bilal Tukhi said while standing watch outside his employer's damaged home, saying I told the governor, local officials, spare no expense to do what they need to do and contain these fires,
Biden said after meeting with senior advisers at the White House What I know from talking to the governor, there are concerns out there that there's also been a water shortage,
he said in a press briefing Thursday Everybody knew these winds were coming... you got to have water and my understanding is that the reservoir was not filled on time, or in a timely manner
Caruso - himself a former commissioner of the city's Board of Water and Power - declared We are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds
At this time, that's what we believe
The officer was asked directly if he believed the fire was set intentionally, and he said There are areas where everything is gone, there isn't even a stick of wood left, it's just dirt,
Yesterday morning I had a beautiful Spanish cottage that gave me endless joy, where I met my husband and raised my son
If you stay, you're going to die.
At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders on Thursday evening, and a chilling warning was issued on Thursday night urging locals to get out now, with Senator Adam Schiff bluntly revealing We didn't get help here. I don't know where everybody was,
said Jocelyn Tavares, 32, as her sister and daughter dug through the smoking debris of a life upended - a child's bicycle half-melted, a solitary cup miraculously spared from the flames There are rows of us that went to school together,
said Young, gesturing to a vast stretch of scorched foundations You're going to have some folks who are not going to get as much as they deserve, and some folks who may get more than actually they need,
said Moore, a lecturer at California State University I know this community will rebuild, everybody knows everybody here, everybody loves everybody,
said McCarthy, who is due to retire this year We see these fires spread when it is hot and dry and windy, and right now all of those conditions are in place in southern California,
Kristina Dahl, vice president for science at Climate Central, told AFP This is the most widespread, devastating fire in California's history,
US President Joe Biden said as he convened a special meeting of senior administration officials at the White House This looks like the apocalypse, to be honest with you, it just doesn't feel like the normal things that happen in your life,
said 74-year-old singer Oren Waters, who was assessing what remained of his home of 50 years on the outskirts of Los Angeles The last two days have been pretty emotional. I’m just crushed by the whole experience,
The Los Angeles Fire Department is issuing a Mandatory Evacuation Order for an immediate evacuation order for all residents within this area,
the fire department said in an alert
