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Five fires continue to ravage Los Angeles, leaving five people dead and thousands of homes destroyed:
“It was a challenge early. No reports overnight of any issues with water (and) water pressure,” Jim Hudson of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told CNN’s John Berman. “We’ve worked around some mitigations for that, and the water system is starting to stabilize.”Three million-gallon storage tanks in the Palisades area that service the fire hydrants had been proactively filled before the fires broke out, but it wasn’t enough to cover the “extreme demand,” Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Erik Scott said Wednesday.“However, water availability was impacted at higher elevations, which affected some fire hydrants due to limited replenishment of water tanks in those areas. The extreme demand caused a slower refill rate for these tanks which created a challenge for our firefighting effort,” he wrote on X.
Late Wednesday night, a new fire broke out in Hollywood Hills.
It quickly gained steam and blew up. The Los Angeles Times reported it “appeared to be burning south toward Hollywood Boulevard.”
Authorities named it the Sunset Fire.
Officials immediately ordered an evacuation of the area. According to one post, LAFD told people to grab nothing and leave immediately.
The Hills houses the famous Hollywood sign and the Griffith Observatory.
A fire captain once again confirmed the fire hydrants have “little to none” water in them.
Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy Osbourne, noticed ABC’s David Muir had clothes pins on his jacket.
“Nice Jacket Bro,” wrote Jack. “Glad you look nice and svelte with those clothes line pegs, while our city burns to the ground.”
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