Soooo when is it NOT Fire Season??? Franklin fire in Malibu CA (29 Viewers)

[efil4stnias]

I have wondered, with a fire as large as the Palisades fire, how do the experts trace it back & identify root cause?

I remember maybe day 2 or so someone posted a photo supposedly of power lines sparking and catching brush on fire just at base of structure. ( near top of hill in Palisades )

I think with all the cameras available ( be it traffic cams, trail cams, peoples security cams etc etc ) they can narrow it down to location and investigate. If any sort of accelerant was used, I'm sure they have ways to detect traces of it.

 

[HoustonGold]

I have wondered, with a fire as large as the Palisades fire, how do the experts trace it back & identify root cause?

The BBC has been great on these emergencies

LA fires: What's happening in Los Angeles, and what caused the wildfires?

Everything you need to know about the blazes that have forced thousands to leave their homes.

www.bbc.com

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said detectives are continuing to investigate the possible causes.

"Everything is absolutely on the table," he said.

Lightning - the most common source of fires in the US - has been ruled out as a cause for the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Nor has there been any official indication so far that arson or utility lines - the next two biggest culprits in sparking fires - caused any of the conflagrations.

California's very wet years of 2022-23 brought about a huge growth of vegetation, which dried out in the drought of last year, creating abundant kindling.

A combination of an exceptionally dry period - downtown Los Angeles has only received 0.16 inches (0.4cm) of rain since October - and powerful offshore gusts known as the Santa Ana winds have also created ripe conditions for wildfires.

BBC weather forecaster Sarah Keith-Lucas says there is no rain forecast in the area for at least the next week.

Although winds were expected to ease slightly later Friday into Saturday, forecasters warned that they would pick up again on Sunday into Monday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to hydrants and why the Santa Ynez Reservoir was closed for maintenance and empty when the fire broke out.

"Losing supplies from fire hydrants likely impaired the effort to protect some homes and evacuation corridors," he wrote.

Things not working. It sounds like New Orleans!

 

[superchuck500]

Pallisades fire definitely still moving to the east, crossing W Sunset in some parts. Some streets in the Riviera area appear to be within the perimeter of the fire.

 

[superchuck500]