A fire spread for miles as a “life-threatening and destructive” storm battered Southern California, causing roads to become clogged with cars as residents tried to evacuate. Firefighters scrambled to contain a fast-moving wildfire in a hilly area of Los Angeles dotted with celebrity homes.
Forecasters said the worst may be yet to come, with the storm expected to last several days and with isolated wind gusts that could exceed 160 mph in mountains and foothills. I warned you.
Winds are already toppling trees, creating dangerous surf and creating an extreme wildfire risk in areas that haven’t seen rain for months.
(Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times)
A house burned in the Marques Knolls neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
(Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times)
People evacuate near Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting plane descends on the Palisades fire.
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Palisades resident Maggie Stokes monitors the fire coming from the California Incline in Santa Monica.
(Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times)
Joy Schroeder helps put out a fire at her brother’s house in the Marques Knolls neighborhood.
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
A car surrounded by flames from the Pacific Palisades fire along Sunset Boulevard.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
Smoke rises over the ridgeline of the Pacific Palisades.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting plane descends on a burning house.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
The Palisades Fire quickly burned more than 1,200 acres, pushed by Santa Ana wind gusts.
Santa Monica, California – January 7, 2025 – – Cici looks out for the Pacific Palisades Fire, which burned several miles behind the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica on January 7, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
A woman watches over the Pacific Palisades Fire, which burned several miles behind the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica.
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