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Los Angeles | The fires still untamed, but the wind is weakening

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10 January 2025
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(Los Angeles) A ​​little respite in Los Angeles: the multiple fires raging in the Californian megacity for the fourth day have caused at least 10 deaths, but the wind which fanned the flames weakened on Friday.


Posted at 6:23 a.m.

Updated at 2:04 p.m.

Romain FONSEGRIVES, with Elodie SOINARD in Washington

Agence France-Presse

“It looks like the apocalypse,” Oren Waters told AFP, in front of his house reduced to ashes in the town of Altadena, one of the two main disaster areas, north of Los Angeles. “To come back and see this is unimaginable. »

At least 10 people died in these violent fires, according to authorities. Entire sections of the second largest city in the United States are devastated and charred: more than 10,000 buildings have been destroyed by the flames, according to Californian fire departments.

“It reminded me of a war scene, with bombing,” President Joe Biden said during a meeting at the White House.

PHOTO ERIC THAYER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Palisades Fire continues to burn on the outskirts of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, January 10, 2025.

AFP journalists flew over the coast of Malibu and the upscale neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on Thursday: instead of the sumptuous villas of multimillionaires and celebrities with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean, there are often only scrap metal skeletons left , filled with ashes.

“It’s crazy. All these houses, disappeared…” breathes Albert Azouz, helicopter pilot.

The wind nevertheless weakened on Friday, which will help firefighters fight the flames, while five main outbreaks are still active.

Curfew

“We are seeing a slight drop now (in the strength of the winds), but this will especially be the case in the afternoon,” meteorologist Mike Wofford told AFP. And tomorrow (Saturday), there won’t really be any wind until the evening. »

In the northwest of Los Angeles, the outbreak which devours the upscale district of Pacific Palisades, with its villas of multimillionaires and celebrities, between Malibu and Santa Monica, was still not contained, despite the contribution of helicopters dropping water. After a lull, the winds returned and new fires continued to break out.

PHOTO MARK J. TERRILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Beachfront properties are destroyed by the Palisades Fire on January 9, 2025 in Malibu.

However, the conditions, with extreme drought and winds expected to strengthen later, remain worrying.

On Thursday afternoon, a new fire broke out north of the main home in Pacific Palisades, near the wealthy Hidden Hills neighborhood, where star Kim Kardashian lives. It has since been largely brought under control.

Across the Californian megacity, depending on the orders received, evacuations number in the hundreds of thousands.

Faced with increasing looting in disaster or evacuated areas, a curfew, in effect between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, was decreed by local authorities on Friday. Soldiers were also deployed.

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