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Comment by kaycebasques | Hacker News Reader

Map of evacuation zones: https://protect.genasys.com/Search?z=9.689266971108566&latlo...

Looks like 3 independent fires?

Yep, 3 separate fires. The first in West LA blew up late yesterday afternoon and blew through a bunch of residential areas by the looks of it. From watching Flight Radar, it seems to be getting most of the air resources, although that could just be because wind conditions are favorable on that fire today. The second fire near Pasadena started yesterday as well, but really blew up overnight. The third fire up North I think started overnight.

There's been a huge amount of wind throughout So Cal today and yesterday that is driving the rapid spread of these fires.

I saw a video of of it burning down down houses and commecial building Altedena, unlike newscasts where the lip flappers are blabbing over everything you could hear the wind howling and see streams of embers blowing down the street and overhead.

The lip flappers, as you call them, are providing valuable information to people who lived and/or worked in the areas where the fires are occurring.

As I type this, ABC7 is providing intersections-specific location information for their reporters-on-the-ground so that people can track the progress of the fire and hopefully determine the status of their houses.

There are 4 now (can no longer edit my original comment)

Edit: seems like 5 now. Another one near Hollywood

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/palisades-fire

Edit: And hotspots - https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-118.21,3...

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