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Strategy, meals and laundry: The monumental effort behind LA's firefight

Firefighters from across the North American continent have converged onto Los Angeles to fight the wildfires

The Independent UK

‘A flood of disinformation’: rumors and lies abound amid Los Angeles wildfires

Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and death

The Guardian - US

How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today

The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an instant. They can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.

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A town torched by LA fires rallies to revive its community: ‘Everybody wants to come back’

Eaton fire tore through Altadena, burning buildings and killing many. Its residents are only now taking in the scale of devastation

The Guardian - US

Trauma And Tragedy In The City Of Angels: Covering The LA Fires

Terrified residents caught in blazing neighbourhoods, influencers ignoring the ban on drones and the frightening unpredictability of the wildfires are just some of what journalists covering the fires ravaging Los Angeles for AFP have had to manage.

International Business Times

Leonardo DiCaprio pledges $1m towards ‘devastating’ Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts

The LA native’s donation comes as firefighters still work to control the blazes

The Independent UK

He left his LA-area home to cover the wildfires. But the flames were barreling toward his front door

He left his Los Angeles-area home to cover the wildfires, but the flames were barreling toward his front door

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'Glamping' Business Owner Accused of Sparking Deadly LA Wildfire Speaks Out for First Time on Allegations: 'It Sucks'

A glamping business owner has responded to "infuriating" and "scary" accusations online that he and his friends sparked the devastating Palisades wildfire.

Latin Times

We were living the American dream – British expats lose business in LA wildfires

Mandy and Raymond Church have spent the last 40 years building their plumbing business which has been lost in the wildfires.

Evening Standard

LA fires: Harm from long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is poorly understood − and it’s a growing risk

Millions of people across the Los Angeles area are being exposed to wildfire smoke as fires burn through homes and vehicles. The fires in January 2025 have burned thousands of structures, along with the building materials, furniture, paints, plastics and electronics inside them.

The Conversation

What to know about the LA Fire Department’s budget

Have budget cuts fuelled the Los Angeles fires? Mayor Bass defends decisions as winds drive blazes.

Al Jazeera

A national, nonpartisan study of the Los Angeles fires could improve planning for future disasters

The Los Angeles fires are a national disaster of epic proportions. City officials, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President-elect Donald Trump have traded accusations about what caused this crisis. But as an engineering professor who lives in Los Angeles and has studied extreme events and natural and human-caused disasters for…

The Conversation

Firefighters need better weather to fight California's flames. When will they get relief?

Fire danger remains high in parts of Los Angeles that have been ablaze for days

The Independent UK

Wildfire "season" is no longer a thing

California's disaster shows how climate change has made wildfires more intense and more frequent

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The Independent UK

Firefighters prepare for increasing gusts following brief reprieve for LA area

Firefighters are readying for another round of critical fire weather after calmer than expected winds gave them a much-needed reprieve

The Independent UK

Relief, 21st-century style: As wildfires burn, GoFundMe becomes a repository of harrowing stories

As California’s massive wildfires burn, thousands of GoFundMe campaigns for victims have become an outlet for onlookers transfixed by the blazes and eager to do something to help

The Independent UK

Fire tornadoes: Firefighters in California face a rare and dangerous phenomenon

High winds and severely dry conditions have created a ‘particularly dangerous situation’

International Business Times

What Is The Pink Stuff Coating Fire-ravaged Los Angeles?

Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.

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The Guardian - US

Celebrities, athletes, executives donate millions to California fire-relief efforts

Stars from Beyoncé to Eva Longoria, Halle Berry and Meghan Markle supporting families and frontline workers

The Guardian - US

Insurance firms are sending firefighters to defend homes amid LA wildfires

Private efforts to combat wildfires are not just for the superrich – many work for insurers seeking to minimize the policies they’d have to pay out

The Independent UK

Palisades fire may be linked to previous blaze in popular hiking area

Elite federal fire investigators arrived in Los Angeles this week to probe cause of deadly blaze

The Independent UK

Wildfires latest: Firefighters prepare for dry conditions and strong winds

Firefighters around Los Angeles are preparing to attack flare-ups or new blazes

The Independent UK

The eye behind the lens: AP photographers on pictures capturing horror and emotions of LA fires

As uncontrolled blazes have turned large swaths of Los Angeles into hellscapes the last week, Associated Press photographers have been on the frontlines. They have captured burning so intense that it lights the night sky, people so shocked they have a hard time putting sentences together and destruction so complete…

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The architectural ashes of the LA fires

Amidst incalculable losses for so many Angelenos we consider the architectural gems lost in the wildfires

International Business Times

Fire-hit LA Faces New Peril As Dangerous Winds Ramp Up

Hot, powerful winds Tuesday threatened to rekindle and whip up major fires that have devastated the hills and suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at last 24 people and changing the face of America's second biggest city forever.

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