‘A day not soon forgotten:’ the Palisades take stock after blazes rage
by Gabrielle Canon in Los Angeles from Environment | The Guardian on (#6TEDS)
Firefighters said the destruction from the California fires was unlike any they had seen in their decades-long careers
The sun glared red as it sank into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, casting an orange hue over the carnage smoldering on the southern Californian coast. It will be a day not soon forgotten in Los Angeles, which by evening was flanked by catastrophic wildfires in nearly all directions.
It's too early to determine the full extent of the destruction caused by the blazes, but in the neighborhoods bordering the Palisades fire it was clear the impact was enormous.
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