Live updates: Brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades as Santa Ana winds blast Southern California - Live video at link

McMansion just collapsed and spewed embers EVERYWHERE
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Neighborhood fires typically spread from roof to roof. The shingles used on most US residential roofs are asphalt and flammable. When that storm of embers starts to land on the neighboring roofs, those houses are doomed as well unless they have a metal roof or another niche material.
 
lots of little fires all around the city proper now, are those new? I don’t recall seeing them
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Any reports from chaotic evacuations?

Seems like most of the reporting is from the fires and not the chaos from evacuations.
 
I'm convinced at this point the new fires tonight are arson. I know the winds are bad but this is getting ridiculous.
It’s compounding and it will get worse and worse the bigger and more spread out the fires get. The acceleration makes sense because there’s more flaming ember in the air. Arson is always an option but it’s perfectly reasonable it’s all organic
 
okay
it’s very late where I am
there’s nothing that I can do to stop this and I’m losing the energy to continue watching and updating
i think i’ll head to bed now
i hope that, somehow, only the bad people burn to bits
and that the rest of the place is okay
I also hope that the inevitable blue flight does not ruin more parts of America
anyways
i’m gonna go sleep now
godspeed cali kiwis
 


reporters on air are calling these fires "to far to be spread by embers"
This would be a perfect time for...certain groups.... to get a little active. However, embers can travel an impressive distance, and there are still pockets of high winds.
 
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