{"id":211045,"date":"2025-01-08T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/california-wildfire-season-should-be-over-so-why-is-l-a-burning\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T23:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:17:07","slug":"california-wildfire-season-should-be-over-so-why-is-l-a-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/california-wildfire-season-should-be-over-so-why-is-l-a-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"California wildfire season should be over. So why is L.A. burning?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unusually dry conditions and hurricane-force seasonal winds are fueling multiple fast-moving and destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County. Gusts that reached over 145 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour) quickly drove the blazes into urban areas, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate from their homes and killing at least two people as of January 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest of the blazes, known as the Palisades fire, erupted the morning of January 7 on the west side of Los Angeles and has since burned more than 6,400 hectares (15,800 acres<\/a>) and destroyed around 1,000 structures. The second largest, called the Eaton fire, ignited near Pasadena that night and had burned more than 4,290 hectares by the next morning. A third blaze, the Hurst fire near Sylmar, has burned more than 200 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n