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    Firefighters make overnight progress battling Palisades and Eaton fires
    • January 18, 2025

    Firefighters have made overnight progress battling back the deadly Los Angeles blazes. 

    The Eaton fire was 73% contained as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, up from 65% the day before. 

    The Palisades fire was 43% contained as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, up from 39% on Friday evening.

    Eaton fire

    Cal Fire said low marine clouds and fog are possible over the fire early Saturday morning, but a weakening south wind will lessen the marine influence through the weekend. Dry conditions are expected to return next week. 

    The fire has burned 14,117 acres and is 73% contained. 

    Officials will hold a virtual community meeting at 4 p.m. Saturday to provide an update on the fire, to answer questions and to discuss recovery. Questions can be submitted in advance via email at [email protected]. 

    The meeting can be streamed live on YouTube: youtube.com/@LosAngelesCountyFD.

    Officials have confirmed 17 fatalities from the Eaton fire and nearly 9,000 structures destroyed.  

    More than 2,700 personnel remained assigned to firefighting efforts as well as 13 helicopters, and nearly 250 engines, 14 dozers and 50 water tenders. 

    Some areas under evacuation warning have been modified to “soft closures.” A soft closure means the area remains closed to the general public but is open to residents with valid proof of residence. 

    To identify your evacuation zone, visit: fire.ca.gov/incidents.html.

    Palisades fire

    Minimal fire behavior was observed, and no further fire growth occurred Friday night, Cal Fire said. 

    “Night operations had a very successful shift,” Cal Fire Assistant Chief Eric Schwab said during an operational briefing Saturday morning.

    “One of the biggest successes that I’ll note from yesterday is we were able to pull in those evac orders and get them tighter up to the fire perimeter,” Schwab added. “Some residents were allowed to go back in.”

    On Saturday, Cal Fire expects slightly warmer temperatures with moderate humidity. 

    “Weather-wise, this is a very typical mid-January day for this neck of the woods,” National Weather Service meteorologist Rich Thompson said during Saturday morning’s operational briefing.

    “These clouds this morning should dissipate by late morning or early afternoon,” he added. “Then, clear skies this afternoon and tonight.”

    Thompson said that the morning winds at lower elevations remain “very light,” but that in the afternoon “southerly, up-canyon winds could develop cross-fire with gusts generally about 15 to 20 miles per hour.”

    Despite Saturday’s typical seasonal weather, Rob Clark, a fire behavior analyst with Cal Fire, reminded crews of the season’s atypical rainfall.

    “This time of the year, on a historical average, you would have almost 5.6 inches of rainfall,” Clark said. “We’re at 1.6 inches of rainfall since July. So put that in perspective for the critically dry nature of our fuels that are out there.”

    Clark also warned of “critical weather conditions” set to reoccur after the weekend.

    Moderate Santa Ana winds are currently forecast for Monday and Tuesday, with gusts of 30 mph to 50 mph expected across Santa Ana wind corridors of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

    Now twelve days into the Palisades fire, the conflagration has burned 23,713 acres and is 43% contained. 

    Officials have confirmed 10 fatalities from the Palisades fire and nearly 4,000 structures destroyed.

    More than 5,400 personnel remain assigned to the fire as well as 44 helicopters and more than 550 engines, 53 dozers and 58 water tenders. 

    Some areas under evacuation warning are now open to residents only. A curfew order remains in effect from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. 

    To identify your evacuation zone, visit: fire.ca.gov/incidents.html.

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    ​ Orange County Register 

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