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Tens of thousands of people evacuated in Los Angeles due to wildfires
More than 30 thousand residents of Los Angeles were forced to evacuate due to forest fires. The residence of current US Vice President Kamala Harris was also in the evacuation zone, NBC News reports . She herself is now in Washington.
The fire initially broke out in Pacific Palisades, but due to high winds, the fire quickly spread to Santa Ana. At least 1,182 hectares of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal communities of Santa Monica and Malibu are reported to have burned so far.
A state of emergency has been declared in Los Angeles. According to the head of the Los Angeles Fire Department, Christine Crowley, more than 10 thousand households and more than 13 thousand buildings are at risk due to the spread of fire. According to PowerOutage.US, almost 17 thousand people in Los Angeles County were left without electricity.
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“I have offered any federal assistance that may be needed to fight the terrible fire in Pacific Palisades,” current US President Joe Biden said in a statement. He said a federal grant has already been approved that will help offset California's firefighting costs.
Because of the fire, Biden had to change his plans and cut short a trip to the Coachella Valley to attend ceremonies for the creation of two new national monuments in California.
At the same time, Vedomosti writes that American actor Steve Guttenberg said that his friends were unable to evacuate from Pacific Palisades due to cars abandoned on the road. Other eyewitnesses also reported that traffic jams quickly formed on the Pacific Coast Highway, which is the main road leading into the city. Many car owners had to abandon their cars there and walk because of the approaching flames.
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