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Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 29

California fires updates: Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 29

At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

NBC Los Angeles on MSN · 5d

Map: See containment updates for 3 largest fires still burning in Los Angeles County

The Eaton Fire is almost completely contained in the Altadena area northeast of Los Angeles. On the LA County coast, the Palisades Fire is over three-fourths contained. The Hughes Fire, which broke out in the Lake Castaic area Wednesday north of Los Angeles, is over 50% contained.

Sacramento Bee · 6d

Update: 14,021 acres affected in Los Angeles County by Eaton Fire, still 95% contained

Eaton Fire initially started 6:18 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. Since its discovery 16 days ago, it has burned 14,021 acres. A fire crew of 1,837 has been working on site and, as of Thursday morning, they managed to contain 95% of the fire. However, investigations into the cause are ongoing.

Here's how climate change fueled Los Angeles fires

Reuters · 6h

After fires, Los Angeles gets moonshot moment to rebuild

As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts are casting forward with visions of what could come next for neighborhoods that have been reduced to ash and rubble.

Texas Public Radio · 20h

Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out how climate change played a role in the disaster.

Ars Technica · 1d

Climate change set the table for Los Angeles wildfires

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday.

Santa Monica Daily Press38m

The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is.

In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, with more than 16,000 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by two fires in the Los Angeles area.

18hon MSN

Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires

In this month’s wind-driven wildfires in Southern California, evacuation alerts for some neighborhoods came long after homes ...

1don MSN

Los Angeles wildfires: California cities vow to ‘shut down’ EPA’s dumping site for ‘toxic’ waste

Four cities in Southern California are opposing an EPA processing site for "hazardous" waste from Los Angeles County's ...

6don MSN

Progress is made on a huge fire north of Los Angeles while new fires erupt in Southern California

Firefighters are battling to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly-moving wildfire that swept through rugged ...

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Bodycam video shows moment 100-year-old was evacuated from wildfires

Harrowing video shows two deputies rescuing a 100-year-old woman as the Eaton Fire approached her senior living facility.

1don MSN

Los Angeles wildfires: Second California real estate agent charged with price gouging victims

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that charges have been filed against another realtor for price gouging ...

Rent hikes near wildfires run above historic norms, one estimate shows

Rent increases in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties topped historical norms after January’s wildfires.

Jordan Thomas: Are wildfires caused by climate change or something else? The question is flawed

Climate change is an intensifier — a force that amplifies and worsens existing conditions. It increases the probability that extreme conditions will compound and become unprecedented.

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