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A new wildfire was reported today at 9:33 a.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with igniting the January fire that destroyed Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood. Acting U.S.
A 29-year-old Florida man was arrested ten months after starting the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history.
Anf/state Fire initially started 2:27 p.m. Sep. 25 in Los Angeles County, California. It has been burning on private land for 19 days. There is no update on the containment of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.
For the first time in months, widespread rainfall is drenching the Los Angeles area as a strong band of moisture from a dissipated tropical storm moves north.
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The Palisades fire erupted on January 7, killing 12 people and destroying more than 6,000 homes and buildings.
Three people have been charged with stealing more than $40,000 in federal disaster relief by falsely claiming they were victims of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
The fire, along with the Eaton Fire, erupted on Jan. 7 and burned for weeks. The two fires combined claimed at least 31 lives.
Research on charcoal pieces from ancient debris flows has shown fires and erosion have shaped Earth’s landscape for at least thousands of years. However, the rising risk of wildfires near populated areas and the potential for increasingly intense downpours mean a greater risk of damaging and potentially deadly debris flows.