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Palisades Fire in Los Angeles forces evacuations
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER article
A helicopter is seen flying above the plume of smoke created by the Palisades fire in Topanga State Park, North West of Los Angeles on May 15, 2021. - A brush fire near Pacific Palisades started Friday and grew to 750 acres Saturday night, triggering
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LOS ANGELES - A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents remained under evacuation orders, authorities said.
Cooler weather early in the day gave firefighters a break, but by afternoon flames starting moving again in steep terrain where tinder-dry vegetation hasn t burned in a half-century, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Christopher Weber
A firefighter keeps watch as smoke rises from a brush fire scorching at least 100 acres in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Image Credit: AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu May 16, 2021 - 4:08 PM LOS ANGELES (AP) A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents remained under evacuation orders while others were warned they should get ready to leave, authorities said. Cool, moist weather early in the day gave firefighters a break, but by afternoon flames starting moving again in steep terrain where tinder-dry vegetation hasn t burned in a half-century, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Arson suspected, two questioned as early-season Palisades Fire spreads in L.A. outskirts, prompting evacuation orders for some 1,000
May 17, 2021 / 6:30 AM / CBS/AP
A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents remained under evacuation orders while others were warned they should get ready to leave, authorities said. The cause of the fire near Topanga State Park – being called the Palisades Fire has been deemed suspicious and is under investigation, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Arson investigators with the fire department and the Los Angeles Police Department identified one individual who was detained and released. Investigators then detained a second suspect and were questioning him or her Sunday evening, according to a statement from fire department spokesperson Margaret Stewart.
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A firefighter keeps watch as a firefighting helicopter drops water on a brush fire scorching at least 100 acres in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Ringo H.W. Chiu - freelancer, FR170512 AP
Residents walk a dog as a brush fire burns behind homes in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Ringo H.W. Chiu - freelancer, FR170512 AP
A firefighter keeps watch as smoke rises from a brush fire scorching at least 100 acres in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Ringo H.W. Chiu - freelancer, FR170512 AP