CA - Pacific Palisades - 30,000 People Ordered to Evacuate From L.A. Wildfires #2

I just read an article, that I don't know if I can post here or not, about an arsonist and his wife who came down from Oregon to the Pacific Palisades in a real, decommissioned fire engine to try to sneak into the fire zones. They had burglary tools on them and were dressed in fire gear when they were caught. Who does these kinds of things???
 
• Updated on January 21, 2025 at 5:21 pm
Firefighters from Oregon help battle Lilac Fire in Bonsall Cal Fire said having those firefighters in place was key in slowing the rapid rate of spread of the Lilac Fire.
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Personnel from several fire departments in Oregon were part of the effort: Estacada, Clackamas, Hoodland and Molalla, among other agencies.

......The fire spread to roughly 80 acres before crews got it under control by late morning.
 
I heard that we are expecting rain starting the 25th. Hopefully it puts the fires out, but then they have to start worrying about mud slides.

And something else the mayor is also worried about - with the possibility of rain - is the potential for toxic ash runoff.

She has issued an executive order to ..... expedite cleanup efforts in burn areas and mitigate the environmental impacts of fire-related pollutants. She ordered crews to remove vegetation, shore up hillsides, install barriers and reinforce roads ahead of the possible weekend rain, which could create mud and debris flows.

“This is to prevent additional damage to areas already ravaged by fire and also to protect our watershed, beaches and ocean from toxic runoff,”


Los Angeles County supervisors also approved an emergency motion to install flood control infrastructure and expedite and remove sediment in fire-impacted areas.

 
And something else the mayor is also worried about - with the possibility of rain - is the potential for toxic ash runoff.

She has issued an executive order to ..... expedite cleanup efforts in burn areas and mitigate the environmental impacts of fire-related pollutants. She ordered crews to remove vegetation, shore up hillsides, install barriers and reinforce roads ahead of the possible weekend rain, which could create mud and debris flows.

“This is to prevent additional damage to areas already ravaged by fire and also to protect our watershed, beaches and ocean from toxic runoff,”


Los Angeles County supervisors also approved an emergency motion to install flood control infrastructure and expedite and remove sediment in fire-impacted areas.

Rain can also bring lightning.

When it's this dry, it takes a LOT of rain to offset the risk of lightning starting fires. It's just so dry out there, it can take a bunch and still be dry enough for the heat of a lightning strike to kick it all off.

MOO
 
The distance from Los Angeles to San Diego is only about 112 miles. We're fighting the same very dry conditions here in San Diego, and there's Santa Ana winds to worry about.

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One year ago it was the opposite. Wanted to point out how last year at this time we had too much rain. Last year on this date, there was a group of homes that got terribly flooded and damaged due to the storm channels near their houses not having been cleared of debris on a frequent enough basis. One year later to the day we've had no rain and have been on Red Flag fire alerts.

1 year ago:MSN

One year since historic floods devastated neighborhoods in San Diego

Currently happening today:

Boxing in a fire before it gets out of control.
San Diego Fire Department on Bernardo Fire response
 
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A large brush fire that erupted near Interstate 5 in Castaic has burned 500 acres, causing several evacuation orders and warnings Wednesday morning.

According to CalFire, the so-called Hughes Fire has burned 500 acres with no containment. The fire is located off Lake Hughes Road, north of Castaic Reservoir Road in Castaic
 

California Fire Map Shows Areas in Greatest Danger As New Blazes Erupt

A forecast map from AccuWeather showed there were at least elevated fire risks for several counties in Southern California, including San Luis Obispo and Imperial. Furthermore, there were "critical" fire risks for Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Kern, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties.

In the LA area...an increase in winds expected (especially Thurs AM) and severely dry conditions.

In San Diego county... In combination with critically dry vegetation and relative humidity down to 2%, elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions will continue through late Thursday."

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"Firefighting crews right now are filling sandbags to be placed in impacted areas to protect communities in the event of winter storms."
 
Wow. Closing I-5. That is going to create a lot of problems for people traveling, work, trucks. Where are people going to go?! There are other roads, but that is a major interstate, the 101 isn't big enough for the traffic.
 
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