LA delays Palisades fire report at federal officials’ request

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The city delayed the release of a report detailing the handling of the Palisade fire, which was released Tuesday, to avoid hampering the federal investigation into the cause of the flames.

The US Lawyer’s office in the Central District of California made the request late last week, the mayor said. The city will not release a report until the federal investigation is over.

The delay came more than seven months after the Palisade fire in January, killing 12 people and destroying most of the West Side neighborhoods.

“I want to see the report. It’s fire season. We need to know what worked and what didn’t work,” said Sharon Delgach, a city fire committee member, a civic panel that oversees the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Delugach said the commissioner had not provided a report.

Authorities believe the Palisade fire was first detected around 10:30am on January 7th.

Much of the focus of the investigation believes that a week ago, the fireworks stabbed the flames (which firefighters believed to have come out) had a rekindled out.

The fire, known as the Luckman Fire, was reported on New Year’s Day, and advances halted hours later.

Still, investigators have not ruled out whether the fire broke out on January 7th.

The fire could have been caused by a person, as there are no electric poles near the area of origin and the trail area is moving well.

The city’s report can answer questions about LAFD’s response to the fire. In the aftermath of The Blaze, Bass removed LAFD chief Christine Crawley from her position and said that despite the deterioration of the wind conditions, he did not contact her until a fire broke out.

LAFD officials had decided not to deploy engines or firefighters in the past to the Pallisard, despite being warned of heavy winds.

Several former LAFD officials said the department may have deployed at least 10 additional engines to Pallisard to patrol before the fire.