Wildfires in Los Angeles

At least 27 people have died in multiple wildfires around Los Angeles. The Palisades Fire has destroyed thousands of buildings and burned through more than 23,700 acres, and the Eaton Fire consumed more than 14,000 acres — though crews were gaining ground on both after more than a week of fighting the flames. Track their spread in maps. The direct cause of the fires has not been determined, but the Palisades Fire may have been caused by the reignition of a previous blaze. A Washington Post review found a key ‘weakness’ in the Los Angeles fire strategy went unaddressed for years. The extreme behavior of the fires made containment efforts a challenge — and Los Angeles’ urban sprawl and water system left the city particularly unprepared for multiple blazes. See before and after images of the devastation, and our visual timeline of how the fires evolved. — news from The Washington Post