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Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
8 hours ago

Los Angeles firefighters lacked resources in initial attack on Palisades fire, report says

Los Angeles Fire Department lacked resources and coordination during red-flag conditions, causing delayed evacuations, inadequate personnel recall, and overwhelmed initial response to the Palisades fire.
fromLos Angeles Times
10 hours ago

Could LAFD have done more to prevent rekindling of Palisades fire?

Federal investigators have determined that the wildfire that leveled much of Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7 was a so-called "holdover" from a smaller fire that was set intentionally on New Year's Day, about a week earlier. After Los Angeles firefighters suppressed the Jan. 1 fire known as the Lachman fire, it continued to smolder and burn underground, "unbeknownst to anyone," according to federal officials. They said heavy winds six days later caused the underground fire to surface and spread above ground in what became one of the costliest and most destructive disasters in city history.
California
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