America.. A curfew was imposed in the areas of forest fires in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Police Chief Robert Luna announced in a press conference on Friday morning that the curfew applies to evacuated areas affected by the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire.
Los Angeles fires
It is scheduled to be in effect from 6 pm today, Friday, until 6 am tomorrow, Saturday, local time (0200 GMT to 1400 GMT tomorrow, Saturday).
“You cannot be present in these affected areas,” Luna stated. “If you are there, you are subject to arrest.”
He stated that the curfew allows the police to take action against thieves operating in parts of the city that were evacuated.
He added, “We are doing this to protect the facilities and homes that residents left because we ordered them to leave.”
California fires
The death toll from wildfires in the Los Angeles area has risen to 10 people, according to what the area coroner’s office announced.
Officials said that the largest wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area, damaging 10,000 homes, buildings and other facilities.
They also urged more people to adhere to evacuation orders, after a new fire broke out and spread quickly.
Late Thursday afternoon, the fast-moving Kenneth Fire began in the San Fernando Valley, just 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from a school serving as a shelter for those displaced from the fire, and then moved into neighboring Ventura County, by evening.
Inability to fight fires
In conjunction with the fire disaster, two officials in Los Angeles announced yesterday that the two largest fires burning in the large American city still had a containment rate of 0%, despite the huge efforts made by fire brigades.
The city’s fire services chief, Christine Crowley, said the fire had spread to an area of 17,000 acres (6,900 hectares) in Pacific Palisades.
He stated that it had become “one of the most devastating natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles,” while the fire chief in the Altadena area in northern Los Angeles, Anthony Marone, explained that a 10,000-acre fire had occurred in Altadena.
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