Cal Fire Update: Palisades, Eaton and Hughes over 95% contained

Palisades Fire after More than 12,000 structures burned in the Eaton and Palisades fire. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty ... [+]

Important Takeaways:

  • Three active fires in Los Angeles neared full containment Wednesday, after the region received much-needed rain that will provide wildfire relief for the next few weeks.
  • Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 96% containment, the Eaton Fire at 99% containment and the Hughes Fire at 98% containment.
  • Los Angeles County public health officials issue closures of several miles of beach near the Palisades Fire, citing “Fire debris runoff and pollutants in the water and on the sand [that] may contain toxic or carcinogenic chemicals.”
  • National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kittell told the Los Angeles Times the Los Angeles Basin would have needed to receive two to four inches of rain during its storm last weekend to consider wildfire season over (the region received half an inch to 1.5 inches of rain), noting the recent rain will provide relief for at least a few weeks.

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