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Other 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
One side of the country is on fire the other side is about to be pelted by a winter storm and we still get to enjoy people gaslighting us by saying there is no climate change crisis for the rest of our lives,
a US-based netizen under the name Annie posted on X (formerly known as Twitter).
America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,
Trump said ... Trump said in his inauguration speech at the US Capitol on MondayWe’re getting the winds, we’re getting the low humidities, and this brush hasn’t seen any moisture in so long,
he said
There 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
The situation remains dynamic, and the fire remains a difficult fire to contain, although we are getting the upper hand,
he saidIt'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 saidThis fire had a robust response today, and as you can see behind us, the responders are doing great work to try to contain this fire
Joe Tyler, director of Cal Fire, said
I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down into their system" from the north of the state
Trump said in an interview on Fox News aired Wednesday evening
This is to prevent additional damage to areas already ravaged by fire and also to protect our watershed, beaches and ocean from toxic runoff,
the mayor said
I'm just praying that our house doesn't burn down,
one man told broadcaster KTLA as he packed his car
Certainly, we are not out of the woods yet,
Tyler added
We’ve seen the devastation caused by people failing to follow those orders in the Palisades and Eaton fires,
Jensen said
I don’t want to see that here in our community as well. If you’ve been issued an evacuation order, please get out,
he said