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An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
PHOTO: An ABC News graphic shows the extreme fire risk in Southern California on Jan. 14, 2025. (ABC News) Winds overnight and early on Tuesday have been gusting up to 67 mph in the mountains near ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Tuesday, Jan. 7. For the latest updates on the California wildfires, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said more than 4,000 firefighters were battling the Hughes Fire, which broke out in the Santa Clarita Valley Wednesday morning and spread to cover ...
California Technical Bulletin 117 (TB 117) is a California fire safety law, first implemented in 1975. It has recently been updated as a Technical Bulletin 117-2013. The law requires fabric to pass a smouldering test. The test exposes fabrics and foams to burning cigarettes for 45 minutes.
[91] [92] [93] Maui separately banned polystyrene foam coolers, and the sale or rental of disposable bodyboards in 2022. [94] [95] In California, polystyrene is de jure banned as of January 2025, resulting from the state's legislature passing SB54 in June 2022 as the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. [96]
Purple-K, also known as PKP, is a dry-chemical fire suppression agent used in some dry chemical fire extinguishers. [1] It is the second most effective dry chemical in fighting class B (flammable liquid) fires after Monnex (potassium allophanate), and can be used against some energized electrical equipment fires (USA class C fires). [2]
Editor's note: This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Tuesday, Jan. 14. For the latest updates on the LA fires, follow USA TODAY's live coverage for Wednesday, Jan. 15 ...