Stephanie Sy:
Winds started to ease today, giving firefighters a window to continue making progress on fires that burned for a fourth day around Los Angeles.
The Eaton Fire northeast of the city and the Palisades Fire to the West are the largest. But others have continued to pop up, including the Kenneth Fire in the San Fernando Valley. That fire prompted evacuations last night and burned about 1,000 acres before firefighters brought it under control overnight.
Officials warn, more than 57,000 structures remain at risk. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass defended the city’s response.
Karen Bass (D), Mayor of Los Angeles, California: We are doing everything we can to bring the situation under control, and success has been reported. That is our number one job, to protect people’s homes, to protect people’s businesses, and to prepare to rebuild Los Angeles in a much better way.
