golden palasyo Wildfires: 24 Dead As Fire Crews Try To Contain Los Angeles Blazes Before Winds Return This Week

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Los Angeles County is facing devastating wildfiresgolden palasyo, which are the deadliest and most expensive natural disasters in the United States.

On Sunday, firefighters scrambled to make further progress against wildfires that have killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week. 

At least 16 people were missing, and authorities said that number was expected to rise.

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What National Authorities Say

The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for severe fire conditions through Wednesday, with sustained winds of 80 kilometres per hour and gusts in the mountains reaching 113 kilometres per hour. The most dangerous day will be Tuesday, said weather service meteorologist Rich Thompson.

"You're going to have really strong gusty Santa Ana winds, a very dry atmosphere and still very dry brush, so we still have some very critical fire weather conditions out there," Thompson said at a community meeting Saturday night.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C Marrone said 70 additional water trucks arrived to help crews fend off flames spread by renewed gusts.

Officials also were building an online database to allow evacuated residents to see if their homes were damaged or destroyed. In the meantime, LA city Fire Chief Kristin Crowley urged people to stay away from scorched neighbourhoods.

"There are still active fires that are burning within the Palisades area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public," Crowley said at a Sunday briefing.

Officials warned the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.

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Evacuation Order

About 1,50,000 people in Los Angeles County remained under evacuation orders, with more than 700 residents taking refuge in nine shelters. Officials said most of those orders were unlikely to be lifted before the red flag warnings expire Wednesday evening.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C Marrone said "Please rest assured that first thing Thursday we will begin talking about repopulation."

By Sunday morning, Cal Fire reported the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth and Hurst fires had consumed more than 160 square kilometres, an area larger than San Francisco. The Palisades Fire was 11 per cent contained and containment on the Eaton Fire reached 27 per cent. Those two blazes accounted for nearly 153 square kilometres.

Crews from California and nine other states are part of the ongoing response that includes 1,354 fire engines, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 personnel, including newly arrived firefighters from Mexico.

Minimal growth was expected Sunday for the Eaton Fire "with continued smouldering and creeping" of flames, an LA County Fire Department incident report said. Most evacuation orders for the area have been lifted.

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After a fierce battle Saturday, firefighters managed to fight back flames in Mandeville Canyon, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other celebrities near Pacific Palisades not far from the coast, where swooping helicopters dumped water as the blaze charged downhill.

The fires that began Tuesday just north of downtown LA have burned more than 12,000 structures.

A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather put the damage and economic losses so far between USD 135 billion and USD 150 billion. In an interview that aired Sunday on NBC, Governor Gavin Newsom said the fires could end up being the worst natural disaster in US history.

"I think it will be in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of the scale and scope," he said.

Along with crews from other states and Mexicogolden palasyo, hundreds of inmates from California's prison system were also helping firefighting efforts. Nearly 950 incarcerated firefighters were dispatched "to cut fire lines and remove fuel to slow fire spread", according to an update from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.