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A massive wildfire erupted in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, forcing 30,000 residents to evacuate as flames engulfed homes and spread rapidly under fierce winds.
A massive wildfire erupted in Pacific Palisades, an affluent area of Los Angeles, United States, on Tuesday, January 7, forcing 30,000 residents to evacuate as flames engulfed homes and spread rapidly under fierce winds. The blaze, which has already scorched over 1,262 acres (510 hectares), sent plumes of smoke billowing across the city, choking the air and creating traffic gridlock as residents fled.
The fire, driven by gusts of up to 40 miles per hour, ignited near the ridge of Palisades Drive and Lachman Lane and swiftly moved toward the coast. "The wind was howling... blowing right down to the beach," said local resident Michael Cardenas, who watched as embers lit palm trees along Sunset Boulevard and the Pacific Coast Highway.
Emergency crews, including firefighters and aircraft, worked tirelessly to battle the flames, scooping water from the sea to douse the inferno. Bulldozers cleared abandoned vehicles from roads, while some residents were forced to flee on foot as traffic snarled on the limited escape routes from the canyon.
The fire comes after a prolonged dry spell and amid "red flag" warnings issued by the National Weather Service. The agency predicted Santa Ana winds—known for their dry, gusty power—would hit speeds of 50 to 80 mph across much of Los Angeles County, with some mountain areas experiencing gusts as high as 100 mph.
Residents expressed fear for the safety of people and animals. "Property damage is one thing, but losing lives, pets, and horses is what really matters," Cardenas said, as firefighters worked tirelessly to protect neighborhoods at risk.
Officials warned that the worst wind conditions were expected overnight, raising concerns that the fire could spread further and force more evacuations. As the flames advanced, scenes of devastation unfolded, with apartment buildings shrouded in smoke, homes reduced to ashes, and emergency vehicles lining the streets.
The Pacific Palisades fire is one of the many blazes to hit California in recent years, as the state grapples with intensifying fire seasons linked to prolonged drought and climate change. Firefighters remain on high alert as strong winds and dry conditions continue to threaten the region.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
Türkiye on Wednesday (8 October) slammed an intervention by Israeli forces against a flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza as an act of piracy and a violation of international law.
Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone on Wednesday (8 October), saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the risk of a snap election more remote.
Four people have been confirmed dead after a six-storey building collapsed in central Madrid while being converted into a hotel, authorities said, following a 15-hour rescue effort involving drones and sniffer dogs.
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Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump's threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more U.S. cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority.
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