The brush fire raging for hours in
Los Angeles County will be catastrophic, and you don’t need to be a
firefighter or part of an emergency response team to know that. Have you
seen these images? Some have rightly described them as apocalyptic.
Nursing homes had to be evacuated. It's a nightmare, with videos of
people fleeing their homes with the fire on their heels. It's wild.
The LAFD also decided to issue a total recall of all firefighters to
help fight the blaze. Any off-duty personnel are meant to report for
duty. Police are reportedly overwhelmed, with abandoned cars making
deployment of emergency crews more cumbersome. Bulldozers were deployed
to plow away the vehicles. Actor Steve Guttenberg implored people to
leave their car keys behind so he and other volunteers could move them
for the fire trucks. The fire jumped the Pacific Coast Highway
yesterday.
The Pacific Palisades have been devastated, with some 30,000 people
now under mandatory evacuation orders. To boot, there’s another fire
raging in Pasadena.
BREAKING: New brushfire has started in the Pasadena area. https://t.co/vfg9Qftsov
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 8, 2025
Frantic
police, overwhelmed by the scale of this disaster, now blocking off all
access to Palisades. A wall of flames and explosions are on the other
side of their security line. pic.twitter.com/mTYJYpkJlY
— Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 (@JonVigliotti) January 8, 2025
Devastation
all around. I’ve lost count of the number of buildings we’ve seen on
fire. This is Radcliffe Ave in Pacific Palisades, CA. #PalisadesFire #PacificPalisades #California pic.twitter.com/RKeuOQyMWG
— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) January 8, 2025
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 8, 2025
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 8, 2025
It’s
heartbreaking to witness the loss of a vibrant community. So many
landmarks have already been lost to the Palisades Fire and sadly the
worst is yet to come. So far the fire has not reached the Palisades
Village - the main shopping area, but flames are blocks away. pic.twitter.com/iAS31Fptil
— Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 (@JonVigliotti) January 8, 2025
Nightmare Fuel
Two men and a dog trapped in a home surrounded by the Palisades fire. pic.twitter.com/YDCkFmLNbH
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) January 8, 2025
Neighborhood after neighborhood… GONE. This is the heart of the Palisades. pic.twitter.com/HPVvbyCKmT
— Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 (@JonVigliotti) January 8, 2025
Breitbart
editor Joel Pollak, who lives in the Palisades, said the “evacuation
should have been earlier (received orders after we left), Police should
have directed traffic to avoid panic, [and] Schools took too long to
release kids.”
Our family escaped Palisades before gridlock. Safe but our house may burn down. Observations:
- Evacuation should have been earlier (received orders after we left)
- Police should have directed traffic to avoid panic
- Schools took too long to release kids
- Fireworks = disaster
I’m
going to make this very clear, if you live anywhere north of the 10 and
west of the 405. BE READY TO LEAVE NOW. The fire departments have given
up on structural protection outside of those boundaries. Please trust
your local infamous fault. For Altadena and even Pasadena, do…
— The San Andreas Fault (@sanandreafault) January 8, 2025
Prayers
up, folks. This fire is going to be a horrific one. Meanwhile, is the
National Guard going to be deployed? Who’s in charge?
Wow https://t.co/JfdZ6MeXlk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 8, 2025
Another
problem is that all aircraft have been grounded due to high winds, so
firefighting from air assets is out for now. The worst is coming, with
80-105 mph gusts expected.
The #PalisadesFire
is absolutely exploding in West LA and is quickly moving toward homes
in Pacific Palisades. The images just continue to get worse. Sadly, the
weather for Wednesday calls for even worse winds gusting 60-90 MPH in
the Santa Ana Mountains.
Evacuate if you are in… pic.twitter.com/PkwIBfl46C
View from the sky above LA.
Pacific Palisades and Malibu engulfed in flames. Absolutely Horrific. pic.twitter.com/Q5O8XgEHng
— Dan Hellie (@DanHellie) January 8, 2025
Winds
will not die down much until noon on Wednesday around Los Angeles ...
the worst is yet to come in next few hours with 80-105 mph gusts. This
is a hurricane of fire. pic.twitter.com/GzBpqf9vzX
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) January 8, 2025
UPDATE: Santa Monica is under evacuation orders.
🚨 BREAKING: Parts of Santa Monica now ordered to evacuate pic.twitter.com/51N33QeFld
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 8, 2025
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