CALIFORNIA FIRES: Palisades fire flares up, immediate evacuation order | LiveNOW from FOX

[@ivonneguerinoni3881]

For me they deserve jail, they cut off the firefighters' funds, they sent their equipment to Ukraine and on top of that there are no water reservoirs! Newson and Bass deserve to be held accountable with criminal charges

[@alexeyshabelnikov8411]

100%

EXACTLY.

[@Starfish2145]

🙄

[@NeonEclipse910]

Wealthy people do not face repercussions for bad actions or ill intent for public. You'd be luck to see a token fall guy.

[@lmz7720]

what an uninformed comment. You really have no clue. All the equipment and money in the world cannot withstand 100 mph winds with embers blowing everywhere and starting new fires.

[@hollywood4207]

Absolutely NOT NORMAL! Nothing normal about these fires.

[@tego73]

Yeah, arson!

[@botmsj]

Poor animals. So sad for them.

[@cj6585]

It is. Bet they are frightened

[@jb0258jr]

The animals in the area are what I keep thinking of too 😔

[@mariken-]

😢

[@katjay3125]

The only ones that matter are animals..people are wicked

[@JonathanGonzalez-zg5vf]

@@cj6585 Bet they are fried :(

[@debi8057]

Thank you fire fighters from all around America, we can depend upon you, not our government

[@kelli6466]

Karen Bass turned down help from the FDNY. Jet Blue even offered to fly them out for free.

[@wqv5423ln]

You can thank Canadians. They're the ones I need helping you with water bombers and fire fighters etc. From at least three provinces. BC, Alberta, and Ontario. Looks like Trump needs Canada as much as we need America. Canada also helps with other disasters in the US. Like the hurricanes in Florida, restoring power.

[@kevinyoung9557]

@@wqv5423ln Thank you, Canada.

[@JenniferNIsbet-n6d]

@@wqv5423ln Actually, Newsom and Bass need Canada because they have squandered the funds and failed to prepare for this. Newsom should have taken Trump's advice years ago instead if whining and lying now. The real question is why doesn't California have those planes. America does not need or want Canada. Their economy and healthcare system is worse than ours and we would just have more people on our welfare lists. How about some of those homeless drug addicts in California getting up and fighting for the state they are living off of?

[@debi8057]

@wqv5423ln thank you VC, Albert's and Ontario!

[@geigertec5921]

Imagine being so blinded by political loyalty that you still defend the politicians in charge of this city. Experts were warning for years how to prevent and mitigate these fires but California politicians disregarded those warning.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Imagine ignoring the ARSON involved in this!

[@marylander3798]

You seem to be very politically bias if you're jumping to conclusions about blame before a full investigation on the myriad causes is even done.

[@DogRoar-dq4ri]

It's bizarre to watch Stockholm Syndrome in all it's glory. The people relegated to wage slaves and human cattle in a stockyard.

[@Mutanttaint]

So what you are saying is that you have no idea what you are talking about?

[@dreaminez472]

Same can be said about Republicans and climate change denialism. Hasn't aged well, to say the least.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

Let's talk to the 'Water Chief' who makes a salary of $750,000 per year

[@SabreKai-u8i]

Gotta admit, I just about schitt when I heard how much that incompetent cow is being paid.

[@jessekittrell2946]

Or all the politicians on all these "committees" where they get a hundred grand for each committe they are on yet spend about 2 hours a month on each lol 🤦🏼‍♂️ If u look at Kamalas history Willie Brown put her on a bunch of those & she made so much extra money for doing hardly amy work at all. They have to make fire fighting budget cuts bc of things like this & gave equipment to Ukraine. If the firefighting budget does anything in an area KNOWN for fires it should be the budget going UP.

[@Tealeafs1]

Lmao wtf kind of position is that??

[@bm7760]

WTF! Really!?

[@TJESUSX]

Must be selling the water lol

[@ralphalvillar3317]

Once the fires are over...and regular citizens can't afford to rebuild...watch who starts buying up all that land...where there is chaos, there is opportunity... it's in their playbook..

[@adamndirtyape]

Exactly. Billionaires like Musk will be buying up all the property they can after this.

[@rtile9053]

Yeah, BlackRock will probably get in there with Oprah and try to force these people to sign over their land just like Hawaii.

[@iscreamfitness]

True black rock is happy

[@newsystem420]

Luckily for blackrock it's guaranteed to light back on fire 20 years later or less. The historical fire map always repeats itself!

[@g-man2228]

Oprah and crew!

[@papagen00]

owning a home is no longer an american dream, it's an american nightmare.

[@mikeedwards1768]

location location location...

[@whatwhome6914]

Over the past 40 years. I have owned homes in three different cities. Never had an issue. I certainly would not own one in CA. I also would not buy one in a flood plain or up against dry undeveloped land.

[@sbazain]

American dreams are over

[@defendpolicedefunddemokkkr6976]

Not true.

[@Aussie-e5s]

You have to be asleep to believe it. The american dream has always been freedom.

[@alanbretherton4426]

They said they would use the full force of the laws to prosecute looters but the guy that was caught lighting fires with a blow torch was released! What!! Who is in charge? A 5 year old could make better decisions. Unbelievable!

[@MattLund-i6i]

They checked his privilege and had to let him go.

[@MattLund-i6i]

Had he been paler, you'd have had your culprit

[@alex434343]

It's California. Remember, criminals are victims in California especially if their skin is a certain color. We can't be hold these poor people accountable for their actions, right? That would be wRoNg.

[@gracejean495]

So there is a video float around call people letters. The looters were the brothers and nephews from Compton of an elderly woman helping her move are things out of her house. There black so of course they would looting smh

[@kirkpalmer1709]

He was doing his part for the bigger plan, so they were instructed to let him go.

[@michaels7566]

If the area gets a big rain event there will be mega mudslides. The whole situation makes your stomach turn.

[@shondra4663]

but everyone has pools and waters lawns

[@JM-jm-d3y]

There will be no mud slides... 🤦

[@michaels7566]

@@JM-jm-d3y Why?

[@skontheroad]

People who haven't seen or lived it has no clue. This is our Katrina, but we WILL rebuild!!

[@stanvanhoucke100]

@@skontheroad if you have money

[@peteranthony7877]

It appears that the eastward progress of the Palisades fire was halted in Mandeville Canyon last night. Great, great work by the firefighters.

[@skontheroad]

Did it jump the 405 anywhere??

[@Tbrew-zd6xb]

Is it mostly a wyte area? Lol

[@NeverSuspects]

@@Tbrew-zd6xb Have you developed a pathologically racial based thinking process that strongly influences your perspective on the world or what? Some might think that is a truly racist mind state if in every instance from your perspective that is the most prevalent thing to comment on.

[@peteranthony7877]

Hasn’t approached the 405. Mandeville is west of the freeway.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​​@@Tbrew-zd6xbThat's not funny. Those fires could be happening to any of us.

[@David-in-SLO]

No fire department in the world can stop a fire in 60-80mph winds. However, small CONTROLLED BURNS (during the normally wet, winter months) in the hill cover brush over the last 10-20 years, more defensible spaces around homes, and updated building codes could help the inevitable fires become disasters like this. California has struck codes regarding earthquake preparedness. Fire preparedness needs to be taken much much more seriously.

[@SabreKai-u8i]

More defensible space around homes??? That would totally defeat the dreams of increased taxes for the cities to blow on things they don't need to blow it on. You gotta stuff as many cracker boxes as possible per acre in order to fleece people.

[@michaelwong9411]

A fire this strong would jump right over a fire break.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Or maybe arson preparedness

[@justinanderson267]

There were dozens of controlled burns all over the western United States. You never see Mexico burning uncontrollably. Nope. It's only California. Just unlucky, I guess.

[@StarWarsomania]

100%

[@arnoldberk2809]

Arizona has just as much wind and mountain as California but clear out accumulation every year. No fire problems

[@DoctorDestyNova]

Because Arizona does mitigation measures. Lived there with my children for a time. Controlled burns, clearing debris, they do that in Arizona

[@themushisloth]

Some oregon fire trucks got sent back due to not passing emissions laws kinda sad considering they were trying to help put out fires and i mean tbh there is smoke so what does emissions laws have to do with it.

[@waters8995]

Omg at this point it seems on purpose

[@afroman91794]

yall just believe anything don't you.

[@themanfromthemoon1326]

Trust me bro

[@patriciawhite8907]

This is insane given the grave ongoing emergency.

[@shaneriehl223]

.. just baiting people here. Sad that anyone believes this comment.

[@billmartin1010]

Let's take care of North Carolina / Tennessee first. FEMA shouldn't discriminate based on real estate valuations and media coverage.

[@kelli6466]

At least So Cal has temperate weather and beautiful beaches to put their tents on unlike people in N. Carolina freezing in the mountains.

[@rubenramirez2212]

Amish were told by the government not to build homes for n carolina. They did it anyway. Biden sucks!

[@Merriwether-w8k]

CA gives much more money to the federal government that North Carolina or Tennessee - not all states are equal in terms of money - blue states subsidize red states - and red states deny climate change - give money to the states that understand that we are 1.5 degrees warmer than we were 40 years ago - due to fossil fuels - GOP is short sighted - severe weather events are going to happen in every state - Trump pulled out of Paris Accords and said drill baby drill - this is on the GOP

[@kcsnipes]

Agree but that's how it goes

[@DontEvenKnowUAndIHateYoGuts]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but fema has had their hands full with numerous disasters... if you live in the Carolinas, my deepest sympathies, but there have been multiple disasters spread across the US that Fema has to bounce across the board to handle. Me sitting here on Maui after the Lahaina fire took my entire community. January isn't temperate climate during this time of the year... it gets cold enough at night and lingers in the morning, and February is always the coldest month in California.

[@terecitalee3986]

I'm a native of L.A., and it's devastating to see our high school Palisades High burned and neighborhoods burned to the ground. My prayers go out to everyone.

[@James-i5t2j]

You and your neighbors have been voting for this. Mayor Bass cut 17.6 million from LAFD this year, preferential fireman hiring based on gender/race not ability or qualifications, no controlled burns, lack of proper water storage systems throughout all of Cali. Not to mention 50+ years of failed land management. Now if ONLY virtue signaling put out fires!

[@21mariae]

Also from CA. The “high end” was not needed. It would have been equally tragic if it was a “low end” neighbourhood

[@cryptobro7006]

U voted for this

[@waters8995]

Hopefully people see the importance of voting. It is not who you would hang out with, it’s policy. This is perfect example of why. Sadly 😢

[@Cynthia-k8m]

I’m a Californian & I’m heartbroken! But what’s more heartbreaking is watching what has not been done for North Carolina bodies where hanging in trees they are finding bodies everyday our media and government failed miserably! New years for NC !! Where was the media 1000 + have died hundreds still missing

[@colleenpeck6347]

Bot account opened 5 days ago! 😡

[@Sugiarno-wl5tg]

@@colleenpeck6347 😨🤔

[@enough1494]

Come down here and rest your weary mind…so you can stop spreading rumors? MAGA voted, TWICE, AGAINST…..MONEY FOR APPALACHIANS. TRUMP threatened BLUE STATES WITH NO HELP. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STROKE EGOS. START FACT CHECKING THE SELF……..NO NEED TO STROKE EGO, DEFLECT, LIE AND SPREAD RUMORS!

[@ronrohter9418]

demorats

[@verdegeo5721]

BS

[@Mike-b3v]

2016 I got done building my customers house. I did several things. Fire destroyed the area 2017. Everything was gone but my customers house. Funny when building the inspector kept saying. I don’t understand why you’re going over and above code. Hmmm

[@amandajstar]

And to the list of victims given by the expert, I'll add the innocent wildlife that has nowhere to go and can't get away....

[@johnrobi0]

While your state burns, Sacramento gaveled in a special session to combat Trump.

[@kaileim970]

Crazy, huh?

[@rtile9053]

That sounds like Newsom and his buddies. Let's stop Trump at any cost, but let the fires roar. I hear they're blaming it all on classic cars, so they're going to outlaw those next. You just can't make this stuff up. Who votes for these people? I think they've been out in the Sun too long?

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Crazy that anyone would make a stupid partisan comment like that!? 🙄

[@stickcheck3045]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 No....crazy to see where the Democrats priorities are!

[@mghegotagun]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 For induviduals such as yourself lacking in the capacity to critically think, it's a statement on the priorities of that state. That state has brought over 100 environmental lawsuits to combat trump, and now it burns as a result.

[@janhayes5838]

Everyone has the same oppoturnity to vote people into office. Make that decision wisely.

[@tego73]

Do you really believe that elections are legit in CAL?

[@chlosies]

these fires are behaving so weird

[@r.mucklin1703]

Fires are ALWAYS weird since they are influenced not only by the dry and windy conditions, but create their own internal fire storms. The hotter they are the weirder they get.

[@MAGA-47_WOKE-0]

It's like watching Gavin Newsom's political career.

[@Mberalf4829]

He is focused on blaming others. Unfortunately, Californians will believe him and vote for him again

[@MAGA-47_WOKE-0]

@@Mberalf4829 I don't know about all that. He's coming off looking like a babbling idiot right now. Donald Trump was right again.

[@seymourbutts2710]

Gavin is not going anywhere; he just purchased a 9.1-million-dollar home (safe from fires) and is keeping his poor house (3.7-million-dollar home). All while cutting necessary public safety and water. hmmmm

[@MAGA-47_WOKE-0]

@@Mberalf4829 I don't really think that's going to happen.

[@roderickcortez138]

This fire is perfect representation of life under Biden for the last four years.

[@dianelawrence1087]

Water being dumped in the Pacific. How sick for all

[@drewthatsme3263]

Stewart and Linda Resnick own 60% of LAs water rights privately

[@joannecoelho3390]

POOR CHILDREN AND ANIMALS 😢

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

Plants too.🤕

[@mickeyronney4255]

Yes plants and animals so so so sad.

[@roderickcortez138]

Don't forget the insects.

[@richard-fy2mu]

I lived in LA Riverside County and served on fire lines. Terraine in this area is a firefighting nightmare. It seems California governor and LA leaders became completely oblivious to danger and focused on PC ideas verses actually useful planning. However, voters elected them not once, but I believe three times. If they are that incompetent than what does that say for you as a voter voting for them. We left California due to hi business taxes, over regulation, etc. clear back in the mid 1980's. Maybe this will get you to think why we terrible conservatives focus more on real issues and not made-up causes. Sadly, my insurance rates will go up as your massive disaster bill is spread out by companies. Learn!

[@tbell1698]

LA is highly conservative Republican. In other words, the party of climate change deniers, who want to keep drilling for oil everywhere and not evolving to more sustainable energy strategies that don't contribute as heavily to climate change.

[@Samantha-ys2pp]

fraud, sir.

[@babayaga1767]

if liberals had the capacity to learn anything there wouldn't be any liberals anymore. useful idiots is not a right wing slur. that was Trotsky who said that

[@eaburl]

Try to be kind, and if you can't be kind, be vague.

[@Marktheshark-e7f]

The only policy rethuglicans have is cut taxes for the super wealthy. Are you people really that stupid?

[@Erduk]

Imagine being China and knowing you can destroy millions of dollars of US property, if not billions, just by sending a single guy with some lighter fluid across the southern border.

[@thepcal9654]

Who will insure those areas now? No one. Now only buyers with cash will be able to build there. Who has cash? Corporations, especially those from out of the country like China, India, the Middle East. They take over America’s major cities and prime locations without ever firing a shot.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

They don't need to send anyone, just pay some kid in the projects a couple of bucks and give him a George Floyd t-shirt.

[@edwardpearce9668]

grow up why cant a country that breeds mass shooters breed arsonists.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

It's a sad commentary on the state of the world when someone posts a fictional comment about the cause of these fires and pretends as though it is realistic, but has zero evidence for making the statement!! 🙄

[@chiprobertson3094]

What countries are helping us?

[@Aaaaaayyyyyyyyy]

Canada

[@Bexinja]

Canada and Mexico, your dear neighbours

[@wqv5423ln]

At least three provinces in Canada. British Colombia, Alberta, and Ontario. Looks like America is not self sufficient after all....eh Trump? You need Canada as much as we need you. Canada frequently helps the US with disasters. Hydro crews help in Florida after the hurricanes etc.

[@nadecha5326]

Belize

[@DeepThinker193]

Stop trying to destroy other countries and support genocides and maybe you'll receive some help.

[@sdc9593]

He walked around the question - California was not officially in a drought. These conditions are not abnormal in California considering they have major forest fires yearly. Not having water and not mitigating the dried shrubs and downed dry trees for years in the forests, is a major reason this happens. This very situation was also warned of many years ago to a deaf government that collects more taxes than almost every state in the USA. This is government mismanagement to the highest degree and they have just been lucky for years that this didn't happen sooner.

[@pearllopez1287]

Fire chief was summon to mayor Bass office yesterday, fire chief commented on the 17 million budget cut from fire fighters not enough fire fighters, fire trucks, many, many fire trucks and ambulances were not used, because city didn't want to hire maintenance workers to fix them , wonder if she still has a job?

[@stephenprysock391]

If a place doesn’t have enough money to cover bills they have to start cutting someplace and I’m sure the fire departments weren’t the only ones to be cut.. wake up you idiot

[@trollingisasport]

She might have enough constitutes left to vote her out.

[@swagonmynuts6478]

She does still have her job

[@BrigadierSebass]

You also left out the part where the chief herself said that 1000 fire trucks wouldn’t have prevented the fire nor contained it any sooner. Please use the full context of the interview and not just the shiny parts you like.

[@jackthereefer1]

The 17 million dollars removed from the budget is just 2 percent of 910-million-dollar budget. Fire and police depts never have enough money or resources. They always blame the lack of resources as the excuse.

[@myfalconry76]

What’s the best way to evacuate an area that is going to be impacted by a world changing event without causing mass panic? You cover it up with a wildfire do that way people will not only evacuate in order but they will not return immediately

[@blindlemonjello]

Johnny Carson was constantly talking about the Santa Ana winds. This is not a new phenomenon. These fires have been happening for centuries. There's just people living all over and when you get the right conditions it's going to happen. Just like Mexico, Beach was destroyed by a category 5 hurricane and two weeks later you had a town in California that burned completely. All of this happened in the '90s as well. There were fires in Oakland. Anyone remembers that early 2000s. You don't win a fight against some wildfire with 60 80 mile our winds behind it. How many of you have even stood in an 80 mile an hour wind?

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Nobody ever said that Santa Ana winds were unusual, but what is unusual is for a severe drought to be happening at the same time. The Los Angeles area has received less than a quarter of an inch of rain since last May so the vegetation was extremely dry. The increasing drought is a direct consequence of climate change which sadly many people are still denial about despite the mountain of evidence out there.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

The winds here were never 80-100mph like how they were on the 1st day of the fires. I've been in L.A. 4 decades.

[@daisyandlani4481]

Finally someone with common sense. People try to blame the governor for all these fires. Blame the person who started it

[@ConservativeAnthem]

Babylon Sisters -- Song by Steely Dan.... Babylon sisters shake it So fine so young Tell me I'm the only one Here come those Santa Ana winds again "

These were set by the democrats

[@NeonEclipse910]

For those that don't know, this is what the results of wanton corruption looks like.

[@crystalbluebutterfly]

No, this what 10,000 years of farming nonhuman, lesser animal species, which has subsequently been the farming of human animals, looks like.

[@tattoofthesun]

KZbin comments attract the least formally educated types of thumb warriors

[@BunnigurlzMartin]

Democrats Dystopia that the clown's voted for.

[@Noanie-q4m]

Also climate change

[@AIJCOVERSUPCHURCHMACDONALD]

Also intentionally setting fires for job security and ground clearance

[@DoreenNowakowski]

Thanks for the updates

[@falcon9035]

Thanks for gad Oh gad increase it Oh gad don't decrease it Oh gad n many thanks

[@CiaofCleburne]

Wow. So horrific. This is exactly why our neighbors and ourselves all cleaned up our woodlands around here. We had a 6-wk drought last summer and burn ban which made us think it was time to clean up brush and remove downed trees. I also stepped up my own personal water catchment. You just never know.

[@samgibson684]

The reality is fires have no limit... People have been advising fire mitigation tactics but once it's airborne it doesn't matter

[@GaryKing-o1t]

Don't forget about the four individuals that set the fire at four different places at the exact same time

[@briancoughlin6732]

Why doesn't Bill Gates build a wind barrier in California instead of trying to block the sun

[@Cheekycupcake-d5j]

How did the fire start anyway?

[@janetnMikerealtors]

My mom grew up in San Bernardino, they always did controlled burns years ago, why did this stop?

[@JoHiPe]

“The environment”

[@rollingh8809]

I remembered last February that Southern California had a huge Atmosphere River that flooded the areas burnt down and I know there were reservoirs overflowing, was it so dry and hot that they all just evaporated ?

[@rollingh8809]

​​@@elizabethchase6528Yes that's a shame. You see Colorado has the same problems as California, liberalism. We don't have that problem in my state yet, but many are moving here to get away from that and populating our cities, like I always said, cities breds rats, pigeons and liberals.

[@j.9306]

MAYOR BASS, Governor NEWSOM you are Fired , your Democratic policies is to blame. We need you both resign immediately you both are a disgrace .... RECALL NEWSOM and BASS

[@CRASH.CORNER]

Fired and recalled, huh? Well, it’s clear a lot of people are fed up. Let’s see if anything actually changes.

[@DogRoar-dq4ri]

Unqualified DEI hires.... You voted them in, and this is what you get.

[@johncremeans969]

He said they haven't burned since the 1930s. I think that means Los Angeles has been ignoring this danger for 100 years almost.

[@monicavega2355]

Praying for rain

[@roderickcortez138]

I'm doing a rain dance myself.

[@CLT4092]

But they saved they smelt fish

[@az_exit1279]

I knew something smelt fishy in their state government.

[@rtile9053]

I hear Newsom identifies as a smelt, and the mayor identifies as an illegal homeless person.

[@danasmith858]

You missed the point that there wasn't anything that ever would have helped this

[@rdh53]

@@danasmith858 Anything? Never been to church, huh?

[@WildCoyote57]

@@danasmith858 Really? That is a cop out. Before your state was dominated by the democrat party, they use to clear the dead wood and do controlled burns to mitigate the chance of major fires. They stopped doing it so as not to disrupt the movement of field mice. Then your state diverted water flow from Canada to the ocean for a small fish. Then you got rid of I believe 4 dams. Then you had 20% of the fire hydrants that had no water source even before the fires started.

[@ProVest97]

They spend so much on their homes in a fire zone, why don't they use brick with clay tile roofs?

[@13ShelbyGuy]

Waiting for Ukraine to send money and supplies …

[@nevakos24]

I honestly don't understand why canada and Mexico come to your aid... you people(USA) are awful

[@letstrythisagain5096]

Best chance that Russia sends supplies….

[@sentientflower7891]

@@13ShelbyGuy Putin loves Bootlicking.

[@josephgreen2824]

Funny that you did not mention Israel

[@jlopez1632]

They just sent Ukraine 500 Million

[@Jorden.Florence]

When I was in primary school, I lernt about the fire triangle. The heat or ignition is only one part of it

[@BritishRedCoat2025]

That horrific orange glow over the LA area is terrifying to see. I'm so sorry for all the people and animals caught up in this. Hopefully, if the stories that this has been partly caused by legislation banning proper vegetation controls and that the same buerocrats are preventing fire appliances arriving to help from being allowed to operate are true, there will be a major change in the way this state operates in the very immediate future.

[@James-i5t2j]

they've been voting for this for years. 50+ years of failed land management due to environmental activism. It's a great wake up call.

[@t-2123]

Rebuilt discussion.... changing new building codes / permits to brick style homes with metal roofs, concrete based hardiboard facia and a restrictive landscape regulation....

[@triciabuckling3385]

So sad to see this,for the people and the domestic animals and the wildlife animals.

[@BlindSquirrel425]

Yes, fires happen in these conditions, which can arise anytime of year. We just keep an eye on the humidity and winds and warning signs. Never seen anything this bad, having lived in SoCal since 1969.

[@amanderruth]

Another fire in the palisades?! Geez

[@antti8299]

ARSON

[@markdunigan805]

It's the same fire they haven't been able to extinguish it yet.

[@nottoday3440]

Same fire

[@inker1972]

Eco terrorism by the deep state​@@antti8299

[@naeemahmed5236]

Actually, a fire can stay dormant for several DAYS before reigniting if conditions change

[@danr5704]

Is Ukraine sending any help? Maybe Mexico or Guatemala? Anyone?

[@alexvisser4542]

Canada has sent water bombers and trained firefighters.

[@soumias04]

Gaza did I heard!

[@danr5704]

@alexvisser4542 True I heard one of their planes hit a drone

[@chich80]

Mexico sent firefighters to assist. When our house is on fire, others help also. The world is still human.

[@danr5704]

@@soumias04 yeah they donated the arsons

[@BiscuitMcgriddleson]

This was released on Friday January 10th “On Thursday, a spokesperson for L.A. City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, who was budget chair last year, said the city increased the fire department’s overall budget by approximately $53 million in the current fiscal year. However, $76 million - intended to pay for fire department personnel - was placed in a fund separate from the fire department’s regular account when the budget was adopted because contract negotiations with department employees were still taking place at the time.” As a result, if you just compare the LAFD’s budget last year to this year’s, it looks like it went down $23M. But that’s because when the budget was adopted last May or June, the city was still negotiating those new contracts. The $76M that was set aside in a separate account ultimately was moved once the MOUs were finalized.

[@bambicrandi]

It rained all last winter, more than I have ever remember seeing. Where is the water?

[@MimiReyes.]

For me the saddest thing about all this was not the people who lost everything, what made me sad was all the loss of animal species that were there, dying like that. This broke my entire heart

[@rtile9053]

Yeah, Newsom saved the smelt and then returned to kill everything else. Sad!

[@petermackutube]

Ironic that there is no water available when LA is on the Ocean. " Water water everywhere and all the boards did shrink. Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink."

[@germeyer47]

People and animals alike bear the consequences of failed water management in So CA.

[@JoyceMcGaha]

How very sad! Thoughts and prayers to all

[@MIKEMIKE-te2dt]

The fires broke out simultaneously in different areas, assuring that the fire departments would be overwhelmed. Were the fires started intentionally? Who would stand to gain financially from the mass destruction of property? Venture capital groups will be buying this real estate for pennies on the dollar.

[@DogRoar-dq4ri]

Black Rock will buy it all at 10 cents on the dollar. Distressed uninsured mega houses and properties. People have Stockholm Syndrome and refuse to notice the truth.

[@stickcheck3045]

They may not gain financially but may I suggest a terrorist cell from the thousands of terrorists that the Dems have allowed and even invited into America?

[@Mberalf4829]

Most probably and unfortunately - like Maui

[@lindapereboom]

Omg. There is video of the Eaton fire starting from sparks from a high voltage power line in the foothills. Because of the WIND the fire quickly spread. Embers from the fire are carried in the wind and when they drop new fires are started. Embers from those new fires are carried in the wind starting even more fires. This is not some VC master plan. Maybe open a Crack in the window foil.

[@lindapereboom]

2nd attempt not a VC master plan. It is very dry brush and wind. There is a video of Eaton fire starting from sparking of high voltage lines

[@rickhayes-oh2zm]

this isn't fire season this is a nightmare

[@mikefisc9989]

Just wondering.... Is there any threat of this fire potentially crossing the 405 freeway?

[@CraigW34v7b9]

Yes

[@mirrrstery]

Of course. Fire cannot be controlled.

[@LofiCutzh]

Fire doesn’t typically burn concrete or asphalt so it may not cross the highway. It’s hard to even say this because it’s pretty windy there and if there are cracks in the highway, it can cross

[@DavidOrr-b1x]

@@mirrrsteryDonald can demand it to stop

[@AngelaHamiltonRao]

What’s emerging is a national tragedy. It’s hard to watch and take in. So, so sorry for everyone involved. The firefighters trying to control, putting their live at risk too. (with what appears to be lack of the much needed equipment) There will be time to take stock and lay blame, but for the moment I’m hoping this disaster can be controlled and stopped before anymore more lives are lost.

[@SunriseLAW]

Asphalt roofing is the reason California's fires were so destructive... same with Hawaii. Most homes in USA have asphalt roofing. It performs well until heated, then it releases flammable fumes.

[@jamesvincent414]

When fires get that bad the temperature can reach 5000 degrees and the only thing that will put it out is when there’s nothing left to burn.

[@jeanf8998]

🤨 hmm didn’t know

[@Deathl2ow]

It's the eucalyptus trees they planted all over CA. They're highly flammable and meant to adapt to fire prone areas, they're evolutionary designed to intentionally burn and they come back and dominate the landscape after fires. It's why the fires are so bad in CA now.

[@NoidoDev]

​@@jamesvincent414 It doesn't matter how hot is a small ember is. That's not how it works. It won't melt through stone or a layer of metal.

[@SunriseLAW]

@@jamesvincent414 The ubiquitous asphalt roofing propagates the fires driven by high winds is sort of like a gigantic acetylene torch.

[@jimmytate7587]

i am not an expert. judging from how fires have occurred here in northern California, arson seems quite possible in some of these fires. with almost 10% of the population of the state under evacuation orders this is something everyone needs to watch for.

[@sullytrny]

vote wisely

[@stephenprysock391]

Has nothing to do with politics… nothing you damn fool

[@rtile9053]

Translation.. Vote, all DEI Democrats out of office!

[@sullytrny]

@@rtile9053 jusT making them take a GED test might be enough

[@danz409]

all that erosion prevention up in smoke. looks like this spring is going to be a plethera of mud/landslides

[@sungkim742]

Why don't we have a Federal firefighting department with a hundred water bombers and choppers? Oh, Congress would rather spend $880 billion a year on Defense that doesn't save a single citizen's life.

[@SD-co9xe]

Be realistic. With the winds this fire was out of control very quickly. There was no chance to do too much to stop it. Fires happen in California. It is very dry particularly this year.

[@sarasunny-hr2xf]

This is not the time to be pointing fingers. Showing Some Compassion, should be the Humane Response. People have lost their lives, leaving family and friends, not only suffering from the devastation of the fires, but losing loved ones. Everyone caught in California's Fires are Suffering . Please be Kind.

[@jeffmccollin5381]

exactly why it is the time to point fingers, surely compassion and kindness but not for gov officials

[@joandevries1892]

Prayers for strength and wisdom, from Ontario, Canada. The all-time, best-selling book has been read by too few.

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

2000 year old book, no less.

[@stanvanhoucke100]

@@emsnewssupkis6453 the grapes of wrath

[@Pablo44528]

@@emsnewssupkis6453it’s words holds true to this day

[@factsfinder4359]

Did any one see the hands who are igniting fire on trees, house, bushes? Watch video again please. Those hands are of innocents children who were killed brutally by animals tamed by USA.... Please ...Please watch video carefully....I can see innocents hands of children and women who never did anything but were killed by these animals.

[@CrayLuv]

He's like we won't do the things it takes to prevent this from happening, but we put together a ready set program that could be put together by a 6-year-old so you can leave quicker.

[@treemerc101]

Talk about the incompetent Mayor and Governor. Many predicted this including the insurance companies.

[@JMGblvd]

California needs to be treated as an orchard! Ground up prevention. Find a way to fill resoviors w snow/ rain from NCal...release during fire season to wet neighborhoods,brush..

[@ShortReelMedia]

Dude, no joke sounds like they need you in the court hahaha

[@janemaroni6974]

You know what played the biggest role in these fires…. NO water !!!!!

[@timblack2764]

It's called rain. None since May.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Arson

[@janemaroni6974]

@@timblack2764 California had plenty of rain this year. Enough to fill the empty reservoir several times. It also has enough melted snow to help contain the fires. But Newsom decided to let that water drain back into the Pacific along with blowing up two dams. Take your rose colored glasses off and face the facts and human errors in this horrific tragedy…

[@lindapereboom]

Jane..totally INCORRECT that would be wind. Please stop regurgitating faux lies. There is plenty of available water.

[@janemaroni6974]

@ your wrong again and failing to face reality. Just like the people who could have prevented this from being such a catastrophe….

[@carolgreen-fn1tm]

BUT Newsome saved the little fish and mice. Hold on I’m on the phone with the President

[@rdh53]

The President of WHAT?

[@marway99]

omg still in fire until now! 😮 people need to evacuate asap!

[@DorisVivier]

Prayers to all.

[@kingdagami471]

Damn.. more than 50 billion worth of damages and counting. Is this the most destructive natural disaster in history in terms of cost?

[@kevinbolds1425]

We need a new invention to battle extra large fires

[@kmg3658]

Don't let LA's happen. You built this time bomb. It went off. Developers win/everyone else loses.

[@Ghostofwar08.]

Remember last year when they where flooding, what happened to that water?

[@RonaldBucina]

It was discharged to the sea to help the smelt. The Palisades reservoir was dry and offline. You would think they would conserve water for fires. Is this there first big fire?????

[@Quinold]

Heads have got to roll for how abysmally handled this was.

[@rontianjin]

Start with Newsom

[@victorlockett816]

Maybe they can find some average citizen to blame, outside of that powerful people never face consequence. You new to Earth?

[@pinballshawn]

Nothing will happen. Newsom is in the protected class. In 4 years he'll be running for president and half the country will vote for him.

[@madelineharkins5643]

​@victorSooo true!lockett816

[@geigertec5921]

They just fired their own first openly gay female fire chief because she dared speak the truth. And she said the mayor failed the city. The people litterally voted to build a reservoir 8 years ago and nothing was built. The water was wasted. The opposite of environmentalism. LA is now the most polluted city in the nation! The trees, the homes, and innocent lives of the trapped people and the little animals in the wild, all burned! Criminal!

[@yomama9132]

Somebody try and convince me this wasn't arson...

[@AdnanYudi]

Arson will not able to burn that massive area

[@lastcall1491]

@@yomama9132 who cares if you believe it was arson?

[@Joshua52391]

Ok if it wasn't arson then that means it's happend on accident. If it can spread like that on accident then it can spread like this if someone did it on purpose

[@stanvanhoucke100]

that is not important.

[@khatdubell]

@@AdnanYudi Please don't reproduce.

[@alicewaggle6803]

Please let there be rain with winds in California!

[@wytube2009]

LA County is a really pine barrens, not lush forests like Central and NoCal...it is desert with man planted shrubs and trees, and naturally growing scrub that is naturally kindling. WInds, hot, little water, and high density housing. Car backfire can spark a fire in LA during droughts.

[@msromike123]

Cars don't backfire. When was the last time you heard a car backfire? 1965? That just deflects from the actual controllable causes. Poor maintenance of power lines, and human activities like arson, backyard burning and campfires.

[@georgelangheinrich8495]

DEI government and firefighting at it's best. People need to be going to prison for this hot mess.

[@georgettewatkins4454]

A different plan needs to put place to prevent this from happening 🤔

[@johepple5124]

How’s tha Democrat DEI working for you guys, hopefully FEMA sends you $750 to cover your problems

[@urbanexplorer3059]

i suspect you are the type of person who always blames someone else for your problems

[@lastcall1491]

@@urbanexplorer3059 should I blame myself if my house burns down in a gigantic inferno?

[@josephgreen2824]

Yeah let's make this political

[@urbanexplorer3059]

@@lastcall1491 yes because it was your choice to own a home in a high risk region

[@BunnigurlzMartin]

Just like The Carolina's they don't have computers to request the slap in the face 750.00 dollars. FJB.

[@va941]

How does anybody live there?

[@DoctorDestyNova]

Well before the fire burned it all down, it looked pretty for a town

[@Shuttle187]

I prey for everyone involved! I hope that they get to the bottom of this mess. If anyone was involved in starting any of those fires I hope they are caught and brought to justice! For those who have lost everything including life!

[@antti8299]

Very little rain and lots of arsonists.

[@geigertec5921]

And the rain they did get they dumped into the ocean. They were supposed to build a reservoir but didn't - against the wil of the people who voted for a reservoir. It's crazy how some LA residents will still blame others for the failings of their own politicians - even when they know deep down there is nobody else to blame.

[@lindapereboom]

Yeah, so go arrest the high voltage power line that started the Eaton fire..there is video

[@lindapereboom]

2nd attempt go arrest the high voltage power lines that started the Eaton fire..there is video

[@antti8299]

@@lindapereboom And how the LAFD can't do nothin about it just watch whole LA burn and give evacuation orders? I have seen such power line video didn't start fire just lots of sparks.

[@lindapereboom]

@@antti8299 what the eff do you want them to do??? Better buckle up because come Monday this is gonna escalate. BTW the video I saw clearly showed fire at the base of that tower

[@jewishman2687]

Doesn't Kamala own a house in Brentwood?

[@rtile9053]

And from what I hear, it burnt to the ground.

[@AFloridaSon]

​@rtile9053 No. It was under evaluation orders but it did not catch on fire. They'll magically come up with water before they let that happen.

[@elxaime]

The reality is that these sorts of devastating fires are almost certain to happen periodically. Southern California is naturally arid, and water has to be pumped to the region from elsewhere to meet basic needs. Many areas were overdeveloped, via a mix of meeting demand for housing newcomers to the state and greed. Many houses in the worst hit areas are often surrounded by vegetation that burns easily. And finally, people like to build in areas distant from more urban areas, but the price of that is it is harder to pump water to these hillside/hilltop spreads. The solution is generally simple - don't overdevelop and don't build in areas especially vulnerable to fires. It is the same principle that should be followed in states hit by hurricanes - there are some areas you should not build in in the first place. Sadly, once this is over, just like in the hurricane states, people will build right back in the vulnerable areas. Insurance rates are through the roof for this reason. Sorry to see the partisan ghouls out on this one. A tragedy is a tragedy, whether it is in a red state (Hurricane Katrina) or blue state (LA fires right now).

[@MattLund-i6i]

Found the culprit! No, let him go hes carrying a victim card. What about these looters? Same.

[@happyhatkilinski1457]

This is all so heartbreaking 😢

[@chrisniner8772]

Imagine a state that cleared brush and thinned trees.....

[@sentientflower7891]

Imagine if you weren't an uneducated gullible Trump voter?

[@jimmyzhao2673]

That's exactly what is happening now.

[@chrisniner8772]

@jimmyzhao2673 really? How is that happening after the soil is sterilized and there is nothing but soil and ashes? Don't be a dumbass.

[@AFloridaSon]

I heard they were protecting a kangaroo rat that lives in the underbrush.

[@sentientflower7891]

@AFloridaSon your gullibility is typical of the uneducated.

[@petezee6645]

Remembering the Oregon fires of a few years ago. They just burned forest and farmland. A few small towns. These fires have more wind and more fuel. This LA fire is not getting under control any time soon 😢 . Shame on the state and city leadership

[@carlbrown5150]

If they declare a drought they have to explain what happened to the surplus rainfall.!!🤔

[@stephenprysock391]

Are you stupid?

[@jimmyzhao2673]

The water reservoirs might be empty, but Bureaucrat's bank accounts are mighty full.