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Death toll continues to climb as more than 7,500 firefighting personnel are deployed across California, with three of the most ferocious fires at zero percent containment
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At least five people have been killed as several fast-moving wildfires sweep<\/a> across the Los Angeles area, leaving thousands of firefighters <\/a>attempting to extinguish the blaze.
The death toll climbed to five as of Thursday morning after the Eaton fire raged through Altadena<\/a> and Pasadena, L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone confirmed to The New York Times.<\/em>
The Palisades fire, now the one of the most destructive LA has seen<\/a>, is burning more than 17,200 acres, while the Eaton fire has scorched some 10,600 acres. The Sunset fire in Hollywood has engulfed 60 acres. All three fires are at zero percent containment.
An estimated 2,000 buildings have been scorched and 130,000 residents<\/a> ordered to evacuate, including more than 60,000 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. More than 330,000 people are without power throughout the region, according to PowerOutage.us<\/a>.
On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom<\/a> revealed that more than 7,500 firefighting personnel and almost 1,200 fire trucks have been deployed across Southern California. He also thanked President Joe Biden, who announced the approval of a major disaster declaration and ordered federal assistance to bolster response efforts.
More than 420,000 California customers are without power early Thursday morning, according to tracker PowerOutage.US<\/a>.
The lion\u2019s share of those outages \u2014 nearly 212,000 \u2014 are in Los Angeles County.
With a death toll expected to rise and thousands of buildings destroyed, the Sunset fire that broke out in Runyon Canyon continues to engulf the Hollywood city in flames. Video shows the devastating effect the Pacific Palisade fires have left, with 150,000 people evacuated from their homes, 27,000 acres of land burned and many structures demolished. In Altadena, north of Los Angeles where the Eaton fire started, rows of houses have been turned into kilometers of ashes. Officials are now warning that the situation is likely to get worse due to high wind speeds.
The total cost of the California wildfires may reach up to $57 billion, according to AccuWeather\u2019s estimate.
The privately-owned weather forecasting service\u2019s preliminary estimate takes into account damage \u2013 including to buildings, infrastructure and landmarks \u2013 and loss to the economy \u2013 such as from a booming film and TV industry.
Pacific Palisades is a residential community and attracts very few tourists, however, the area it sits in, Los Angeles County, is popular with visitors who are heading to the sandy shores of Venice Beach, exploring Hollywood and touring round studios and museums among many other attractions.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) sits relatively close to the Palisades fires, but so far minimal travel disruption has occurred.
Meanwhile, several roads including parts of the Pacific Coast Highway have been closed as of early Thursday morning.
LAX is around 19 miles south of Pacific Palisades, but the majority of arrivals and departures have continued as normal amid the wildfires.
Amelia Neath <\/strong>has the story.
Roads are closed but flight disruption has so far kept to a minimum as fires spread in southern Californian
Donald Trump has taken yet another swipe at Californian officials with the Palisades, Eaton and Sunset fires at zero percent containment.
The president-elect has this time placed Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the firing line for the state\u2019s response to the fast-moving fires \u2013 and threw a jab at the Biden Administration for good measure.
It comes as the president announced the approval of a major disaster declaration and ordered federal assistance to bolster response efforts.
\u201cFire is spreading rapidly for 3 days \u2014 ZERO CONTAINMENT. Nobody has ever seen such failed numbers before! Gross incompetence by Gavin Newscum and Karen Bass,\u201d Trump wrote on Thursday morning. \u201cAnd Biden\u2019s FEMA has no money \u2014 all wasted on the Green New Scam! L.A. is a total wipeout!!!\u201d
A plane travelling from San Jose to LAX airport battled thick black smoke and high winds from the deadly wildfires during a turbulent landing. Passenger Matt Gisela filmed footage of his flight and the scary encounter on Tuesday (7 January). Mr Gisela said: \u201cBefore the flight, the pilot warned of high winds and turbulence. \u201cHe suspended all food and drink service before we took off. As we approached LAX, we could see the smoke from the fire moving across the sky.\u201d Wildfires continue to rage\u00a0across more than 27,000 acres in Southern\u00a0California\u00a0\u2013 with one of the fires now the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles.
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