18 hours ago California fires live: LA officials update public as winds pick up and state braces for ‘extremely critical fire conditions’

Firefighters expect a difficult and treacherous day amid dangerous winds as Red Flag weather warning is in place with winds of up to 70mph forecastLargest LA electricity firm sued over claims equipment started fires‘Convoy of incredible people’ saving animals from firesTell us about financial consequences you are facingCalifornia homeowners and business owners who lost everything in the devastating Los Angeles-area fires now have to tackle their insurance companies to recover the value of their homeowners’ policies – if they are lucky enough to have insurance at all.With estimates of the economic damage from the fires now reaching over $200bn, we’d like to hear what financial consequences people face due to the fires.In the rural enclaves tucked close to the canyons most prime to burn, scores of animals – horses, goats, pigs, chickens, and even emus among them – were in danger as the fast-moving fires swept closer. Some had been left behind during chaotic evacuations. Others require...

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93 minutes ago LA fires latest: ‘Most extreme’ weather alert issued as strong winds return and death toll climbs to 25

Officials warn that Angelenos are ‘not out of the woods’ with the Santa Ana winds expected to pick up Wednesday, fanning the flames of the Palisades and Eaton blazes raging through southern California

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2 hours ago LA fires latest: Residents warned to ‘stay on guard’ amid wind gusts as LAPD bust arson and looting suspects

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as the death toll reaches 25

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15 hours ago LA fires live updates: ‘Extremely critical conditions’ in California as 72 mph wind gusts slam city

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return

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16 hours ago LA braces for more fire evacuations as experts warn of new ‘dangerous weather situation’

Region faces ‘extreme fire risk’ warnings and ‘significant risk of rapid fire spread’ as official death toll expected to riseCalifornia wildfires: live updatesAs forecasters warn of another “particularly dangerous weather situation” across northern Los Angeles, residents braced for new wildfire evacuation orders, even as the official death toll from last week’s fires in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades was still expected to rise.Los Angeles, and parts of Ventura county to the north, faced “extreme fire risk” warnings through Wednesday, with officials warning of “significant risk of rapid fire spread” due to the Santa Ana winds – which have gusts of up to 75mph – and low humidity. The “particularly dangerous weather situation” designation is used very rarely, and was designed by meteorologists to signal “the extreme of the extremes”. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago LA fires live updates: California braces for ‘extremely critical fire conditions’ as strong winds increase

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return

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20 hours ago LA fires live updates: ‘Particularly dangerous’ weather warning issued as winds increase in Southern California

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return

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21 hours ago Shocking moment arson suspect is arrested while fire he started burns and looters target empty mansions as crime spirals amid LA's devastating wildfires

Jose Gerardo Escobar was arrested on suspicion of arson at Pioneer Park in Azusa, at around 11.30pm on Friday - just four miles from the edge of the deadly Eaton Fire.

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28 hours ago LA fires live updates: Death toll rises to 25 as strong winds threaten ‘explosive’ fire growth

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return

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31 hours ago LA live fire updates: Californians brace for return of fierce winds after 60 square miles burn and 25 die

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage through southern California as Santa Ana winds set to return

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