Los Angeles Geared Up for Fire Risk, but Fell Short
There were too many houses to protect, and not enough engines,” one fire captain in Los Angeles said. Though fire officials say they were well-prepared and simply overwhelmed by the elements, questions are being raised about whether the intensity of modern fires requires a new playbook.
The Palisades Fire began as a brush fire on Tuesday morning amid wind gusts above 50 miles per hour. In less than an hour, ...
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
Los Angeles is reeling from the most destructive wildfires in its history, and firefighters are struggling to contain the ...
Even in the best of circumstances, a crisis like this would be a vector for bad information. The close Trump ally is only ...
Disney says it will donate $15 million to respond to the fires and help rebuild. The company announced the donations Friday ...
Newsweek reached out for comment to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via email on Friday. This week's fires in ...
Chief Kristin Crowley said during an interview Friday that the city failed the department amid the ongoing wildfires in ...
The Denver Fire Department is the latest Colorado agency to send crews to California to help battle the devastating fires ...
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