4 Simultaneous Wildfires Threaten Lives, Homes in Los Angeles

A raging wildfire that broke out in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday is spreading across the region due to extreme winds, causing historic destruction of homes and displacing thousands of people.
BREITBART | Published January 8, 2025

A raging wildfire that broke out in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday is spreading across the region due to extreme winds, causing historic destruction of homes and displacing thousands of people.

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9:34 AM — The I-210 freeway has been shut down in both directions due to the Hurst Fire in Sylmar.

9:29 AM — Elon Musk, who is extricating several of his businesses from California, blames “nonsense regulations” in the state for multiplying the damage and loss of life when fires break out.

9:23 AM — A fourth blaze, dubbed the Tyler Fire, started around 6:24 AM in Coachella, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

9:11 AM — A third concurrent wildfire, the Hurst Fire in Sylmar, is currently covering around 500 acres of land, according to FOX 11.

9:07 AM — Local news reporter estimates over 100 homes destroyed in a second blaze, the Eaton Fire in L.A.’s Altadena area.

8:54 AM — Pasadena Jewish Temple has burned down.

8:41 AM — Viral footage from local news shows residents evacuating horses from the area.

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RELATED: As Fire Rips Through LA, First Responders Report ‘the Hydrants Are Down’

TOWNHALL | Published January 8, 2025

Fires are raging across Los Angeles and emergency responders are struggling to contain the blaze. High winds have not only fanned the flames but also prevented the use of firefighting aircraft. As of late Tuesday, the fire was 0 percent contained. But that’s not the only challenge for the L.A. County Fire Department. In some areas, the fire hydrants are completely dried up.

“There’s no water in the fire hydrants,” said L.A. developer Rick Caruso, who owns Palisades Village. “The firefighters are there [in the neighborhood], and there’s nothing they can do — we’ve got neighborhoods burning, homes burning, and businesses burning. … It should never happen.”

Internal radio systems confirm Caruso’s account.

“The hydrants are down,” one firefighter said, according to the LA Times. “Water supply just dropped,” another added.

A spokesman for the Department of Water and Power acknowledged reports of diminished water flow from hydrants but did not have details on the number of hydrants without water or the scale of the issue.

In a statement, the DWP said water crews were working in the neighborhood “to ensure the availability of water supplies.”

“This area is served by water tanks and close coordination is underway to continue supplying the area,” the DWP said in its statement.

It’s unclear how widespread the hydrant issues were or their precise cause. In November, the lack of water from hydrants hurt the effort to combat the Mountain fire in Ventura County, when two water pumps became inactive, slowing the process to deliver hillside water.

Caruso, a former commissioner of the city’s Board of Water and Power who also ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2022, contended that the problem stemmed from the issues with the reservoirs that feed the neighborhood’s hydrants.

“This is a window into a systemic problem of the city — not only of mismanagement, but our infrastructure is old,” Caruso said. (LA Times)

Many critics called out LA Mayor Karen Bass for being in Africa as her city burned to the ground.

 

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