A tree branch blown into power lines started Monday's fire in Los Angeles that forced thousands to flee, investigators say.
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The blaze is only smoldering but about 10,000 people remained under evacuation orders as firefighters warned that hot, gusty Santa Ana winds were expected to return Tuesday night. Garcetti says there is no open flame but firefighters are still working to extinguish embers throughout the burned area. Mendelsohn lost power in her Santa Rosa apartment Saturday evening. She says she believes PG&E needs to be addressed by state lawmakers because the public’s voice will not do enough.
Authorities are worried the winds could hurl embers from the smoldering Getty Fire on the west side of Los Angeles and start new fires. Virtually all customers of the wealthy suburb on the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge lost power Oct. 26 as part of planned blackouts by PG&E to prevent wildfire amid hot, gusty winds.PG&E spokeswoman Deanna Contreras said in a tweet that the new round of shut-offs started around 8 a.m. Tuesday, earlier than estimated because of weather and “impacts on our transmission system” from a fire in wine country.8:25 a.m.
About 156,000 people remain under evacuation orders after about 30,000 people who had been evacuated were allowed home Monday.The fire has destroyed 124 buildings, including 57 homes.Los Angeles firefighters are working to increase containment of a wildfire in the city’s Brentwood area before a new round of gusty Santa Ana winds raise the wildfire threat.
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