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California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.

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The Mental-Health Toll of the California Wildfires Is Just Beginning

Firefighters are making progress on containing the wildfires that have been raging for weeks in Southern California. But even once the physical threat of the fires diminishes, the mental-health toll will linger for months and even years,

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How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the state’s fire dynamics.

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California Wildfires: The Response Continues

This is the second in a short series of photo essays about the California wildfires. It focuses on the response to the fire. California Wildfires: The Response Continues originally appeared on WhoWhat

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California wildfires: Death toll rises to 16 as Palisades Fire expands east to Brentwood and Encino

Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the ...

Angeles National Forest is closed to public until Sunday amid fire worries

The critical danger level is a result of the wildfires in the region, including the Eaton Fire which has burned more than ...

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Hillside horror: How California's Eaton Fire fast expansion decimated Altadena community

Firefighters continue working to contain the Eaton Fire that has burned Altadena and northern Pasadena. Here’s how the blaze ...

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Interactive map shows size, scope of LA fires

The Sunset Blvd Fire is less than 2.5 miles from the beloved Hollywood sign, meanwhile, huge swaths of flames threaten homes ...

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Los Angeles wildfires: Fresh evacuations ordered Friday evening after Palisades Fire flares up

For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than ...

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Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire

In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...

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Crashes and Disasters

As of Sunday, Palisades was at 23,713 acres (37 square miles) with 13% containment, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... into the Angeles National Forest, ...

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California Fires in Videos: The Most Horrifying Clips From LA So Far

Newsweek has contacted the California Department of Forestry ... fire in Sylmar has burned about 771 acres and is 37 percent contained. The Lidia fire, which broke out in the Angeles ...

California wildfires: Over 6 million in Los Angeles area under ‘critical fire threat’

Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, is the largest of all the current wildfires.

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