Fact Check: Los Angeles firefighters did not use handbags to douse fire
Small canvas bags that Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters used as makeshift water containers to quickly put out a trash fire have been misdescribed on social media as women’s handbags, suggesting the LAFD is under-resourced because of budget cuts and donations of firefighting supplies to Ukraine.
Update: Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County at 8% containment
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 20,438 acres after being active for three days. A crew of 3,073 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 8% of the fire by Friday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.
A firefighting 'Super Scooper' airplane on loan from Canada has been grounded for three days after a civilian drone flew into ...
Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the ...
The deadly wildfires roaring through Los Angeles County entered a fourth day on Friday. At least 10 people have been killed, ...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing withering criticism for her response to the firestorm ravaging her city.
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A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...
President-elect Trump has incorrectly blamed California water management for the destruction from the recent fires in the Los ...
Victor Laveaga and his therapy dog Jack have offered support and comfort to firefighters coming off the fire line in Los ...
Some residents, already on edge by the fires that have displaced thousands and killed 10 people, directed their anger toward the county’s “incompetent buffoons." ...
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