As of Friday morning, fires continued to rage across at least 35,000 acres, with the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and Altadena covering 19,978 acres and 13,690 acres, respectively.
Entire swathes of the city are too dangerous to access and the thickness of smoke makes it hard to see far. But from space the enormity of the destruction is made clear. Satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies has shared pictures taken from space that show just how bad the wildfires have been.
Satellite images are providing a unique and heartbreaking view of the devastation in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena from two wildfires that have
At least five people have died and more than 100,000 have been ordered to evacuate as uncontrolled fires burn through parts of Los Angeles into a third day.
The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area rose to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward
New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the scale of the destruction and damage left so far by the wildfires raging in Southern California. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported that the Palisades Fire had spread to 17,234 acres with 0 percent containment.
One of the utilities delivering electricity to fire-ravaged areas hasn’t developed a plan to proactively shut off parts of its system during windstorms to reduce the risk of sparks from its power lines,
California's wildfire crisis has ravaged Los Angeles, with satellite images from Maxar Technologies revealing the extent of the damage. California's wildfires have devastated Los Angeles. Newly released satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the extent of the damage caused by the Palisades and Eaton fires.
Multiple wildfires fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds, have killed 10 and burned more than 35,000 acres near Los Angeles. The winds, which occur most often in the fall and winter, push dry air from over the inland deserts of California and the Southwest toward the coast, the National Weather Service said.
Light breezes were fanning the flames, but the National Weather Service warned that strong Santa Ana winds — the nemesis of firefighters — could soon return.
The Los Angeles wildfires continue to burn out of control, with the death toll now at seven and expected to climb. Nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and at least 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, L.A. Sheriff Robert Luna stating in a press conference that some of the impacted areas "look like a bomb was dropped in them."
Comparing satellite images of the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena show the destructive path of what’s shaping up to be one of the worst fires in U.S. history.