Devastating Los Angeles fires in pictures

in the morning On January 7, the first large wildfire in Los Angeles broke out in a wooded area near Topanga State Park on the northwest edge of the city. Conditions allowed the fire to spread very quickly: 100 mph winds, very low humidity, and a landscape primed to burn after months of no rain together, tearing the blaze through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, located between Santa Monica and Malibu.

About 40 kilometers away in the Eaton area of ​​Altadena, a second fire broke out. Along with several other small fires, the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires have since burned more than 30,000 acres of land in Los Angeles County, destroying thousands of structures and forcing 130,000 people to evacuate their homes.

As of Thursday morning, conditions in the Los Angeles area continued to pose a high risk for fires to break out and spread. The fires have engulfed entire neighborhoods, and the flames are now threatening some of the city’s famous landmarks, including the iconic Hollywood sign. Thousands of firefighters are working to try to control the fire.

Several film premieres, such as the Robbie Williams biopic A better manJennifer Lopez car Unstoppableand The wolf manA film starring Julia Garner and produced by Ryan Gosling has been canceled due to dangerous circumstances. California authorities on Thursday ordered the evacuation of the Hollywood neighborhood after a fire broke out a few hundred meters from Hollywood Boulevard. The out-of-control situation also prompted the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to postpone the announcement of the Oscar nominations by two days.

US President Joe Biden is receiving real-time information about the situation and offering “all necessary federal assistance” to put out the fires. “FEMA — the Federal Emergency Management Agency — has approved a fire management grant to support affected areas and help reimburse the state of California for the immediate costs of fighting the fires,” the chief said in a statement on Wednesday. It was the fires Declare a major disaster By the president.

Despite the efforts, the largest fires — Eaton and Pacific Palisades — remained zero percent under control as of Thursday, with firefighters running low on water. Although wind speeds have slowed from peaks earlier in the week, the fires are expected to continue to spread and cause more devastation. They are already the most destructive in California history.