Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
In this month’s wind-driven wildfires in Southern California, evacuation alerts for some neighborhoods came long after homes ...
Update: Palisades Fire remains 100% contained, 23,448 acres destroyed in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for ...
Long Beach congressman leads probe into LA County’s faulty evacuation alerts during wildfires
Congressman Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, hopes this investigation will prevent tragedy in future emergencies and minimize ...
Evacuated residents wait hours for a chance to return to burned Los Angeles neighborhoods
Evacuated residents are waiting in their cars for hours to get permission to return to Los Angeles neighborhoods devastated ...
Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County prompts evacuation orders
A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic on Wednesday, officials ...
Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los Angeles
More than 50,000 are under evacuation orders or warnings as a new wind-driven wildfire spreads in the mountains north of Los ...
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California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
Tens of thousands were ordered to evacuate Wednesday from areas around Castaic Lake, where the Hughes Fire started, the Los Angeles sheriff said at the time. More were living in evacuation warning ...
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Hughes fire: Evacuation areas, warnings and all we know as 31,000 people evacuated near Los Angeles
The Hughes Fire scorched well over 5,000 acres in just a few hours on January 22, prompting evacuation order and warnings for ...
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Crashes and Disasters
The Hughes Fire, reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Castaic Lake, prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Letters: Hold politicians ...
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Evacuation Orders Given Late to Area Where Fire Deaths Were Concentrated
The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los ... half an hour after the evacuation order for the area was issued. By the time the sun rose over the ruins, 17 people were dead within a roughly ...
New fast-moving Hughes Fire breaks out north of Los Angeles triggering more evacuation orders
Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as a new fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los ...
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Progress made on Los Angeles fires as evacuation orders lift
Evacuation orders have been lifted for thousands of Californians as firefighters continue to make headway against major blazes around Los Angeles. Two new fires have also ignited further south in ...