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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered to deploy State Emergency Service firefighters to California to help deal with the fires. [301] On January 15, 2025, the Japanese government pledged to provide $2 million through the Red Cross to "establish evacuation sites and offer food and psychological support to those affected by the ...
There is currently an ongoing series of wildfires in the U.S. state of California. A series of fires in Southern California, specifically in the Greater Los Angeles area, have caused at least 28 deaths, thousands of destroyed structures, evacuations and widespread power outages in January 2025.
Across the city, the Eaton Fire, which has claimed at least 16 lives, has burned more than 14,000 acres near Pasadena and left some entire communities smoldering in ashes, the maps show.
The Lilac Fire triggered multiple rounds of evacuations in Bonsall, a small community about 45 minutes north of San Diego. "Immediate threat to life," read an urgent warning from Cal Fire issued ...
Lack of common sense forest managment has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas ...
Flames and smoke rise as the Border 2 Fire burns, in Chula Vista, California, U.S., January 24, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. (Benjamin Chapman via REUTERS)
A CAL FIRE status report at 11:45 a.m. on January 8 said the fire had grown to 11,802 acres (4,776 ha), [21] a figure which had grown to 15,832 acres (6,407 ha) by 1:20 p.m. [22] In another press conference which began at 3:15 p.m., LAFD fire chief Kristin Crowley said that 1,792 personnel have been deployed to assist in fighting the fire ...
Firefighters battle a fire in a home along the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Jan. 8, 2025. The fire, one of several in Los Angeles County, destroyed more than ...