LA firefighters battle devastating fires
LOS ANGELES, United States - Hundreds of firefighters in Los Angeles have been assigned to fight smoldering fires in city neighborhoods to prevent a larger recurrence, a week after one of the costliest conflagrations caused devastation worth nearly $275 billion.
"We're going through all the addresses that we've been assigned to, trying to help out with utilities, shutting off meters, shutting off the water, things like that, sifting through any things that we can," said Bryan Partlow, a firefighter from Cal Fire.
"We're also looking for hot spots because some of these homes are very large homes, and they have subterranean basements and areas where the fire is still kind of smoldering a little bit. So we're really trying to put those out to make sure nothing, because we are expecting a wind event tonight," he added.
The Los Angeles fire, whose cause still remains unknown, started on January 7.
The blaze has so far killed at least 25 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and burned around 63 square miles, including Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, and Hurst neighborhoods.
An estimated 17% of the Palisades fire and 35% of the Eaton fire have been contained as of Tuesday, according to Cal Fire.
The LA fire is one of the most devastating blazes in US history.
"We're going through all the addresses that we've been assigned to, trying to help out with utilities, shutting off meters, shutting off the water, things like that, sifting through any things that we can," said Bryan Partlow, a firefighter from Cal Fire.
"We're also looking for hot spots because some of these homes are very large homes, and they have subterranean basements and areas where the fire is still kind of smoldering a little bit. So we're really trying to put those out to make sure nothing, because we are expecting a wind event tonight," he added.
The Los Angeles fire, whose cause still remains unknown, started on January 7.
The blaze has so far killed at least 25 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and burned around 63 square miles, including Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, and Hurst neighborhoods.
An estimated 17% of the Palisades fire and 35% of the Eaton fire have been contained as of Tuesday, according to Cal Fire.
The LA fire is one of the most devastating blazes in US history.