Davastating Palisades Fire result of Mayor Bass’ indifference, incompetence and democrat policies

Photos: The Palisades Fire Scorches Parts of Los Angeles

Destructive wildfires erupted in several places in Los Angeles yesterday, driven by extreme winds and dry conditions. The Palisades Fire grew quickly, tearing across hillsides and through the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, burning many structures and sending thick plumes of smoke into the air. Tens of thousands of residents were forced to evacuate in often-chaotic circumstances. Firefighters and volunteers battled many blazes overnight, as residents braced for increasing winds forecast for the next few days.

  • Sparks, flames, and smoke fill the sky as wind whips burning palm trees along a city street.The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • Wind-blown flames engulf bushes and trees on a hillside.The Palisades Fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2024. #Hans Gutknecht / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
  • A civilian wearing a mask and goggles walks near an active brush fire.Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • Wildfire flames rise over shrubbery, with hillside homes visible nearby.Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • Smoke rises from a fire burning on a hillside in the distance behind the back yard of a house with a swimming pool.A brush fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. #
  • A person walks as smoke covers the setting sun along a beach.A person walks as smoke covers the setting sun at Sunset Beach during a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Mike Blake / Reuters
  • Several people stand on a street corner, watching smoke rise from a nearby wildfire.People watch as others drive out of harm’s way as the Palisades Fire burns amid a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025. #Mario Tama / Getty
  • A wildfire burns in a hillside neighborhood.The Palisades Fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. #Mario Tama / Getty
  • Two lifeguard towers go up in flames on a beach.Lifeguard towers go up in flames along Malibu Beach on January 7, 2025. #David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
  • A surfer on a beach holds a surf board and looks at dark smoke along the horizon from a distant fire.Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Jae C. Hong / AP
  • A car is entirely engulfed in flames.A vehicle burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • A firefighter pulls a heavy firehose past a burning house.A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a building in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • Several houses are engulfed in fire.Multiple beachfront homes go up in flames along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025. #David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
  • The burned husk of a Christmas tree stands inside a burning house, framed by a window.The Palisades Fire burns a Christmas tree inside a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • A firefighter, in silhouette, watches a helicopter drop water on a nearby wildfireFire personnel respond to homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire while a helicopter drops water in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7, 2025. #David Swanson / AFP / Getty
  • A palm tree burns at night.Trees and homes burn in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Etienne Laurent / AP
  • Embers fly across a road as houses burn in the background.Embers fly in high winds as firefighters battle winds and flames in a neighborhood along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on January 7, 2025. #David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty
  • A California State flag flies near several palm trees—the trunk of one of which is ablaze.A palm tree burns at Sunset Beach during a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025. #Mike Blake / Reuters
  • A firefighting aircraft drops a plume of fire retardant over a wildfire.A firefighting aircraft makes a drop over part of the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025. #Mario Tama / Getty
  • Flames burn through brush on a hillside, near a road intersection.Flames overtake the intersection of Temescal Canyon Road and the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2025. #Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty
  • A house goes up in flames.A house burns in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. #Ethan Swope / AP
  • A broad spiral staircase stands amid flaming wreckage in a burned-out house.A residence, burned by the the Palisades Fire, seen on January 7, 2025 #Ethan Swope / AP

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