Southern California is facing a pretty serious disaster this week. Santa Ana winds are blowing at up to 100 miles per hour in the canyons north and west of Los Angeles. A lack of rain this winter has left the area full of dry vegetation and, as feared, several different wildfires have started and are being driven by the winds. Here’s a map showing where the fires have broken out.
#BREAKING Another brush fire has burned 75 acres near the Sepulveda Basin. Get live updates on all the fires burning across Southern California here: https://t.co/ej8PfNvzpj pic.twitter.com/b85mSAih5d
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 8, 2025
The worst of those fires, so far, is the one that swept through Pacific Palisades, a pricey area northwest of Santa Monica that is home to a lot of celebrities. About 30,000 people were ordered to evacuate which created additional…
