“With the wind being very calm this morning, I believe we can make some progress, turn the corner, and start building some fire on this fire,” Brent Pascua, Cal Fire battalion chief, told The Today Show on Friday. Until now, disaster response has been marred by disinformation and controversy. After several fire hydrants ran dry, president-elect Donald Trump baselessly accused California governor Gavin Newsom of mismanaging the state’s water supply to save endangered fish. pressure. That allows the tank to be refilled more quickly to supply the hydrant, Stewart said. Each tank can hold 1 million gallons. “We have a full flowing hydrant,” he said. More firefighters have started arriving from Utah, Oregon, Arizona, Washington, and New Mexico. Several dozen task forces are on the way, according to Stewart, each with five fire engines plus a command vehicle. Planes started flying again on Wednesday. Twelve helicopters fill humongous water buckets suspended from cables and suck seawater through snorkels. Six planes are also working on the fire, including a pair of “super scoop” planes that have crossed the surface of the Pacific to retrieve water. Helicopters and scoop planes dumped water on the fire spot, allowing firefighters to cover and extinguish it. Meanwhile, other planes dropped fire retardant in front of the inferno, covering potential fuel with a layer of non-combustible chemicals and slowly advancing. The C-130 cargo plane that Cal Fire acquired from the Coast Guard and deployed this summer can drop 4,000 gallons of retardant. That buys time for firefighters to dig and bulldoze firebreaks from the bare ground. With the sea constraining the Palisades Fire in the south, responders will try to prevent it from breaking out in the east or west. “The real spread is going to be on the sidelines,” Pimlott said. A red flag warning for fire risk will remain in place until Friday, with humidity at just 8-12 percent. California has been experiencing an abnormally dry season, with 40 percent of the state in drought conditions. “You can expect to see a critical level of spread, especially on ridgetops or those drainages that are in alignment with the wind.” On Saturday, the wind is expected to reverse direction. If the firefighters are not prepared, the heel of the fire can become the front and run to the north. task. Firefighters had to put out a smaller fire on that leg. up debris, restore utilities, and analyze the damage to the environment before allowing people to move back. With canyons lacking trees and vegetation holding the ground, mudslides can be a threat if the rains return. Los Angeles will face the prospect of rebuilding a broken community. It’s an opportunity to make people less vulnerable to the next fire, said Max Moritz, a wildfire specialist with the University of California Cooperative Extension. Although the house in most cases must be built with fire-resistant materials, California law does not say. nothing about how they should be laid out. Techniques like grouping houses together instead of spreading them among trees can make it easier to protect against fire, and easier to evacuate, he said. it’s safer,” Moritz said.
