Summary
California officials are investigating whether the deadly Palisades fire, which has killed 24 and destroyed thousands of homes, is linked to a smaller New Year’s Day fire.
Reports suggest fireworks may have caused the earlier blaze, with wind and dry conditions potentially rekindling it days later.
The fire began in Pacific Palisades’ brushy area, and experts warn that smoldering embers can reignite under such conditions.
Investigations into nearby fires, including the Eaton and Hurst fires, are ongoing, with containment efforts underway.
Centuries of fire suppression across the state have led to massive fuel stockpiles for fires. Controlled burns have been recommended and blocked for decades.
The issue here is the wealthy lobbying to lower fire risk areas in order to build more houses and not have to follow expensive building codes.
Houses burn faster than forest, so these new houses catch fire more easily and dominoes into areas that were traditionally safe also catching fire. Like the outer ring used fire proofing techniques, the new expansions didn’t have to, and they burnt more than forest would, meaning the old houses with the fire proofing techniques didn’t have enough anymore.
The recent expansion in the Palisades for 100 million dollar homes just burnt down working classes neighborhoods.
Don’t get tricked into blaming it on anything else except climate change as an overall factor.
It was rich people not caring about anything other than money, trickling down to fuck over regular people.