L.A. faces more fire weather next week as residents inspect devastation

Live L.A. fire updates: L.A. faces more fire weather next week as residents inspect devastation

Los Angeles Times Staff

As many as 11,000 people will be able to return home as crews continue to get a handle on fires that started during an extreme wind event on Jan. 7, but another round of fire weather could last for much of next week.

Palisades fire

• Containment: The fire was 43% contained as of 7 a.m. Saturday morning. It has burned 23,713 acres.
• Damage: Officials have confirmed 3,856 structures have been destroyed and 624 damaged, with totals expected to rise.
• Lives lost: Officials have confirmed that 10 people are dead from the Palisades fire. 
• Evacuations: Some mandatory evacuation zones were opened to residents only on Thursday, and more followed on Friday. Residents must bring a valid photo ID that shows their name, photo and physical address, such as a driver’s license, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. But many parts of Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Calabasas, Brentwood and Encino are under evacuation orders or warnings. Get more details on closures, evacuations, shelters.

Eaton fire

• Containment: The fire was 73% contained as of 7 a.m. Saturday morning. It has burned 14,117 acres.
• Damage: Officials have confirmed 8,988 structures destroyed and 972 damaged, with totals expected to rise. 
• Lives lost: Officials have confirmed 17 are dead from the Eaton fire. 
• Evacuations: Effective 3 p.m. Friday, officials lifted the evacuation order in the area southwest of Altadena Drive, north of New York Drive and east of Allen Avenue. In addition, a soft closure is in effect for several other evacuated zones with access available to residents, including east of Lake Avenue and south of Mendocino Lane; and south of Church Canyon Place, east of Old Toll Road and west of Sunset Ridge Road, officials said.

Southern California in ‘uncharted territory’ as extreme fire weather returns next week

Another round of extreme fire weather is expected next week with gusts of up to 80 mph in Southern California, bringing new dangers as Pacific Palisades, Altadena and surrounding communities struggle to assess the damage of devastating wildfires earlier this month,

“The bottom line is: we’re in uncharted territories this deep into the winter, or rainy season,” in having barely any rain, said Alex Tardy, a National Weather Service meteorologist in San Diego. 

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