Los Angeles est toujours sous la menace de “Palisades fire”. MAXPPP – Mark Edward Harris
Ce dimanche 12 janvier, les pompiers ont fait état de 12 0000 "structures" détruites ou endommagées : des maisons, des appartements, des entreprises. Le feu menace désormais la vallée de San Fernando.
Firefighters made some progress Sunday in battling wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area, but new blazes are threatening the urbanized San Fernando Valley, northwest of the Californian megacity.
These fires come from the “Palisades Fire”, the most active of six fires that have been raging around the second-largest city in the United States since Tuesday and have killed at least 16 people.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000The fires have destroyed or damaged 12,000 “structures”, which include homes, apartments, businesses or vehicles, according to firefighters. Entire neighborhoods have been reduced to ashes.
The Palisades Fire, which started in Pacific Palisades, between Santa Monica and Malibu on the Pacific coast, is 11 percent contained and has burned more than 20,000 acres, including 1,000 acres in the past 24 hours, spreading northwest toward Mandeville Canyon, the affluent Brentwood neighborhood with its celebrity mansions, and the San Fernando Valley.
Hot, dry winds
East of Los Angeles, the Eaton Fire has burned more than 12,000 acres. The hot, dry Santa Ana winds that are fueling the fires as they blow from east to west eased Saturday, but the National Weather Service is forecasting more gusts of up to 43 mph early in the week.
The NWS red alerts for Los Angeles and Ventura counties remain in effect through Wednesday.
Some 153,000 residents in the Los Angeles area are still under evacuation orders, and another 166,000 have been warned they may be. Residents were allowed to return home Saturday.
Sheriff's Department teams are combing the devastated areas with dogs, searching for possible victims. Thirteen people have still not given any sign of life.
“What's wrong with them?” Donald Trump still critical of firefighters
President-elect Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, has launched new criticisms of the management of the fires by the state of California, led by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, one of his most fervent opponents.
“Incompetent politicians have no idea how to put out these fires”, the Republican declared on his Truth Social network. “Thousands of beautiful homes are gone, many more will soon be lost. Death is everywhere […] and they can't put out these fires. What's wrong with them?”
Like Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Kathryn Barger, a Republican, has invited the president-elect to come see the destruction for himself.