The Palisades fire , which is on the coast, began burning on Tuesday local time and scorched thousands of acres across beach towns in Los Angeles . What we know about how LA wildfires started as neighbourhoods destroyed with 180,000 evacuated and 10 dead The first of the LA wildfires started on Tuesday with thousands of buildings and homes ... The budget for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), one of several departments fighting the fires, was reduced by $17.6 million, or two percent, for the fiscal year 2024–2025. On December 4, 2024, LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said that the reduction has "adversely affected the Department's ability to maintain core operations" and that the $7 million reduction in overtime hours "severely limited the Department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale ... In a new report, it has been revealed that the Palisades Fire which killed at least 24 people and destroyed several homes – burning them to the ground – in Los Angeles may have started because of the fireworks which were set off on New Year’s Eve. Strong and wild winds may have reignited the remnants fire which broke out on New Year’s Eve six days after it was doused, reported the Washington Post.
