A week after blazes erupted and spread uncontained, forecasters predicted “particularly dangerous” dry Santa Ana winds would spike the wildfire threat for already exhausted firefighters.
A large part of Southern California was under a Red Flag warning, indicating that intense dryness and furious winds would make conditions ripe for wildfire.
Officials insisted they were poised, with Los Angeles city fire chief Kristin Crowley telling reporters a huge firefighting operation was well placed.
The renewed danger comes with 24,000 acres (9,700 hectares) of the upmarket Pacific Palisades in ruins and 14,000 acres of the city of Altadena badly charred.
“My house is gone, I know that. I’ve seen pictures and all that’s left is the chimney. But I need to see it by myself to believe it,“ Fred Busche told AFP.
Jeff Ridgway told how he had refused to abandon the apartment complex he manages, defending it against the fires by hauling buckets of water from the pool.
“But I was just stubborn. I was like: ‘I’m not going to be defeated by you. I’m sorry, this is just not gonna happen.’”
Search teams using cadaver dogs have been scouring the rubble for days, with Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna saying he expected more victims would be unearthed.
“I believe we’ll continue to find remains.”
That was offered by the Los Angeles Rams, who beat the Minnesota Vikings in an NFL play-off game on Monday night to take them one step closer to the Super Bowl.
Basketball fans also had a welcomed diversion from the fires when the Lakers played the San Antonio Spurs at home, although they lost 102-126.
The mainstay entertainment industry was also stepping up, with major studios and streamers including Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Warner and Universal parent company Comcast having all announced eight-figure donations to the recovery effort.
At a converted parking lot in Arcadia, 600 people showed up in a single day to distribute donated supplies to evacuees, organizers said.
“It’s a very different experience than any other volunteering that I typically do. Because there’s really no difference between the people that are helping and the people that are being helped,“ said 19-year-old student Gianna Karkafi.
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