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From the New York Post: The Palisades Fire that has devastated Los Angeles and killed at least eight people may have reignited from scorch marks left by an earlier inferno that is believed to have been caused by fireworks set off on New Year’s Eve, according to a report.
The remnants of the New Year’s Eve fire likely could’ve been reignited by strong winds — which have made the current blazes difficult to control — even six days after it was put out, the Washington Post reported.
An analysis of satellite images, radio communications, videos as well as interviews by the publication found that the deadly Palisades Fire began in the same area where firefighters had put out the previous fire — and that firefighters were slower to respond to the second blaze, which quickly became one of the most destructive in California’s history.
Frustrated residents told the Washington Post that the response time from first responders when the Palisades Fire first started last Tuesday was much slower than it’d been on New Year’s Eve.
According to radio traffic records, fire trucks were still enroute to respond to the January 7 fire a full 25 minutes after it started.
Michel Valentine, a local resident who owns two homes in the neighborhood near the fire’s origin, one on Via Pacifica and one on Via La Costa, was home for both blazes, the Washington Post reported. His wife saw smoke when she was walking their dog on the hill, and called 911 at 10:15 a.m. He then called again around 10:45 a.m.
“For the longest time, I didn’t see any police, firefighters, not on the ground or in the air,” Valentine told the Post. “I was disappointed because the second fire was moving so fast, and there was no one there.”
Valentine said it was about 45 minutes before he finally saw a helicopter fly overhead, but it didn’t have any water.
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier. https://t.co/3qI3VGnRyV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 12, 2025
Video footage also surfaced over the weekend of a group of hikers running for their lives after they realized there was a fire on the hill where they were walking.
Here is that video of the hikers running for their lives after discovering the Palisades Fire. https://t.co/ucX6Fuxc1v pic.twitter.com/TvcccbE25W
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) January 13, 2025
Video emerges of young hikers running away from the origin of the Palisades Fire pic.twitter.com/FoY7jtpf2E
— BAY AREA STATE OF MIND (@YayAreaNews) January 13, 2025
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