LA County Fires / Palisades Fire

[skatfan]

That’s the major Highway between SoCal and the valley and Northern Cal

 

[TOADS]

Good news/bad news..

Rain is coming to the area for this weekend. It will help control the fires, however 1-3” of rain is possible which will mix with the ash and debris to form lahar like mudslides.

Not good……

 

[Garden Kitty]

Magic Johnson, Dodgers Chairman Mark Walter and Olympic organizer Casey Wasserman tapped to lead a private philanthropic initiative to support recovery efforts

Newsom taps Magic Johnson, Casey Wasserman, Mark Walter to lead philanthropic L.A. fire recovery initiative

Gov. Gavin Newsom said LA Rises, a new private-sector philanthropic initiative, will work with the city, county and the state to support the rebuilding of Los Angeles. Mark Walter and the Dodgers will provide up to $100 million.

www.latimes.com

Walter, his family foundation and the Dodgers Foundation pledge $100 million to recovery efforts

Los Angeles fires: Dodgers owner, team foundation announce $100 million donation to spearhead recovery efforts

The Dodgers are leading a recovery initiative called 'LA Rises'

www.cbssports.com

 

[Vagabond]

The person suspected of setting off the Palisades Fire has been arrested.

Man Fascinated With Fire Imagery Is Arrested in Palisades Blaze, Officials Say

Officials said that Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Fla., had intentionally set a fire that rekindled a week later into a devastating blaze that killed 12 people.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Vagabond]

Days before Palisades inferno, firefighters were ordered to leave smoldering burn site

Texts between three firefighters and a third party reveal previously undisclosed details about the Los Angeles Fire Department's handling of a Pacific Palisades burn site.

www.latimes.com

Firefighters mopping up a small brush fire that authorities say reignited as the Palisades fire five days later were ordered to leave the original burn scene even though they complained the ground was still smoldering and rocks remained hot to the touch, according to firefighter text messages reviewed by The Times.

To the firefighters’ surprise, their battalion chief ordered them to roll up their hoses and pull out of the area on Jan. 2 — the day after the 8-acre blaze was declared contained — rather than stay and make sure there were no hidden embers that could spark a new fire, the text messages said.

Shortly before the Los Angeles Times published that article, the interim Los Angeles Fire Department Chief issued this statement:

The January 7 fire was not a rekindle or due to failed suppression but the reactivation of an undetectable holdover fire under extraordinary wind conditions.