California wildfires: investigators explore possible link between new year’s fireworks and Palisades blaze

Questions raised of whether Palisades fire is connected to earlier fire put out new year's day, with possible human origins

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As efforts continue to put out two massive firestorms that are ravaging Los Angeles, officials have started to investigate the cause and origin of the blazes that have killed at least 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Multiple reports have explored a developing theory that the Palisades fire is connected to an earlier fire that was put out in the early hours of new year's day.