Massive Wildfire Ravages Los Angeles, Forcing Evacuations

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Massive Wildfire Ravages Los Angeles, Forcing Evacuations
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A wildfire fueled by strong winds ripped through a wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood, prompting mass evacuations and destroying homes. Thousands of residents fled their homes as the blaze spread rapidly, creating a thick haze of smoke over the city.

A rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, destroying homes and creating traffic jams as 30,000 people evacuated beneath huge plumes of smoke that covered much of the metropolitan area.

At least 2,921 acres (1,182 hectares) of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu had burned, officials said, after they had already warned of extreme fire danger from powerful winds that arrived following extended dry weather. The fire grew rapidly as officials warned the worst wind conditions were expected to come overnight, leading to concerns that more neighborhoods could be forced to flee. Witnesses reported a number homes on fire with flames nearly scorching their cars when people fled the hills of Topanga Canyon, as the fire spread from there down to the Pacific Ocean. \“We feel very blessed at this point that there’s no injuries that are reported,” Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley told a press conference, adding that more than 25,000 people in 10,000 homes were threatened. Firefighters in aircraft scooped water from the sea to drop it on the nearby flames. Flames engulfed homes and bulldozers cleared abandoned vehicles from roads so emergency vehicles could pass, television images showed. As the sun set over Los Angeles, towering orange flames illuminated the hills leading to Topanga Canyo

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