Palisades Fire changes direction, prompting more evacuations; Some residents return to scenes of destruction
Eleven people have been killed so far — five in the Palisades fire and six in the Eaton fire, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.
However, officials said they expect that number to rise as cleanup crews with search dogs pass through gentrified neighborhoods.
Even as the fires spread, the harrowing work of sifting through the devastation continued Saturday local time, with teams conducting methodical searches using cadaver dogs, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Luna said a family assistance center is being set up in Pasadena, and he urged residents to adhere to the curfew.
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire from a deck in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday local time.credit: AP
“We have people driving by and trying to get in just to look. ‘Stay back,'” he said.
“We understand that this is very stressful and difficult, but we appreciate the public’s cooperation as we work together to get through this crisis.”
The fires consumed about 145 square kilometers. More than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders after new evacuation orders were issued Friday evening in an area that includes Encino, north of the fire, and parts of the upscale suburbs of Brentwood and Bel Air, east of the Palisades Fire.
With AP
