Dry, hot winds will fan blazes in Los Angeles into midweek — and some forecasts show little relief from the gusts for the rest of January — as Southern California struggles with one of the worst starts to a year for wildfires.
While good progress has been made blunting two of the region’s smaller blazes, the largest were raging almost out of control Sunday even as thousands of firefighters take on the infernos in what the city fire chief described as a "relentless air attack.” Firefighters from across the U.S., as well as Canada and Mexico, have converged in California to assist in battling the flames.
Los Angeles City Fire Chief Kristin Crowley told reporters Sunday that favorable winds overnight had helped to slow the spread of the Palisades Fire, but that evacuation orders and warnings remain in place.
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