Two weeks after the historic wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, Southern California residents are still facing extreme fire weather conditions on Tuesday.
A “particularly dangerous situation warning” was issued in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties from 12 PM Monday through 10 AM Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Wind gusts in the coasts and valley are expected to be between 50 to 70 mph while gusts in the mountains and foothills are expected to be between 60 to 100 mph.
L.A. Fire Department Captain Eric Scott told KNX News’ Jon Baird that the winds are still a problem even though they haven't had a big fire break out
“The Red Glag warning conditions continue to be a challenge,” he said.”They definitely have our attention, but so far overnight it didn't cause any significant damage, but we're not out of the woods yet. You know, like yesterday we had about 70% relative humidity. That beautiful Malibu fog came in, but throughout the night, that humidity has dropped and dropped and dropped, and it could be as low as 10-15% this morning.”
L.A. City Fire Captain Adam Van Gerpen also told Baird that his crews are lucky that there haven’t been any flare-ups yet, but that they’re ready just in case.
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“We have our dozers out there,” he said. “We have our hand crews who are out there and because we are still in a wind event, we still have our crews standing by ready to deploy not only to the Palisades Fire, but if there's a new start somewhere else, then they can be immediately dispatched to that.”
As of Tuesday morning, the Palisades Fire is 63% contained and has burned 23,713 acres, while the Eaton Fire is 89% contained and has burned 14,021 acres.
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