It was just reported on Fox News by LAFD officials that the devastating Palisades fire is only 8% contained at this point and that it has scorched 20,438 acres:
LAFD chief: Palisades fire 8% contained
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) January 10, 2025
WILDFIRES LATEST: The Palisades Fire has now scorched over 20,000 acres — larger than all of Manhattan, which is 14,600 acres. The fire is currently 8% contained, Los Angeles officials said.
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— ABC News (@ABC) January 10, 2025
A reporter for ABC30 also reports that 10 people are dead because of these wildfires, along with containment numbers for the other fires:
Southern California Fires latest:
Palisades Fire – 19,987 acres & 8% contained
Eaton Fire – 13,956 acres & 3% contained
Kenneth Fire – 1,000 acres & 35% contained
Lidia Fire – 395 acres & 75% contained
Hurst Fire – 771 acres & 37% contained10 people have died.@ABC30 pic.twitter.com/HLKV5eIBet
— Jessica Harrington (@JessicaABC30) January 10, 2025
Bill Melugin, who has covered wildfires for the last 8 years says he’s never seen anything like it and that entire neighborhoods are gone. He said every street he walks down is nothing but scorched destruction.
Whitfield/Rimmer in the Palisades…every house is gone… pic.twitter.com/wY4p1hb99Y
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 10, 2025
In addition to all of this, one of the two super scoopers used to drop water on fires was damaged yesterday by someone flying an illegal drone. It will be down until Monday.
UPDATE: LA County Fire says the damaged Super Scooper is being repaired and should be available by “Monday”.
One of the biggest assets firefighters have is grounded for 3 days because of a moron flying a drone. https://t.co/gRoMQUpHUr— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 10, 2025
Also, the LA Times is reporting that the reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline for scheduled maintenance. Whose bright idea was that???
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance. It was empty when the Palisades fire exploded. https://t.co/qLgNpFPwiu
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 10, 2025
Lastly, I’ll mention that someone did find something unscathed in one home that burnt to the ground…
A Virgin Mary statue was discovered unscathed in a house that burned down during a wildfire in Los Angeles.
Image: Hood Stocks CEO pic.twitter.com/cpTZ6vFD3j
— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) January 10, 2025
