Authorities once again declare a curfew for next night in the affected areas of Los Angeles County
MADRID, 10 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The California Fire Department reported this Friday that the large fire in Palisades, in the south of the US state of California, has already devastated 8,200 hectares and is 8 percent contained, with no further fatalities reported. in the last hours, beyond the dozen that the flames have already left behind.
The other two secondary fires, Eaton and Kenneth, the latter caused, have respectively consumed 5,647 hectares and 404 hectares and are 3 and 35 percent contained, as announced by the head of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Kristin Crowley, at a press conference this Friday.
For his part, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna has announced that this coming evening (around 6:00 p.m. local time) a twelve-hour curfew will once again come into effect “to protect homes.” “abandoned” from “robberies and looting in the area”, as he announced at the same press conference.
More than 153,000 residents remain under mandatory evacuation orders and another 166,000 are under notice this Friday, the sheriff added during his appearance, reported by the North American media.
The press conference began, however, with the authorities’ apologies for a total evacuation alert issued in the last few hours and which does not correspond to reality. “I really can’t express how sorry I am for what happened,” acknowledged the director for the Los Angeles metropolitan area of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Kevin McGowan, who attributed what happened to a technical failure.