>>21904033Pretty sure it's still 0% contained because they have no water to fight the fire. They can only fight with air drops from other states and countries
>LA fire department (LAFD) giving away firefighting equipment to Ukraine when the department is most at risk for wildfires>diverting water from the county to save a fish species>LA mayor cut fire budget by 20 million, since 2010 call volume to LAFD doubled but 68 fewer firefighters and they fired firefighters bc of vaxx mandates>A large reservoir in the Pacific Palisades that is part of the Los Angeles water supply system was out of use>Because the reservoir was out of use, they ran out of water during the firefight, literally no water in fire hydrants>LAFD chief wasn't informed that there was no water in the hydrants so they sent firefighters to areas with no water and therefore nothing to do>Emergency services mass spamming false evacuation orders to the entire county (88 cities), then sent emergency notifications saying it was a mistake, then followed up with more false evacuation orders, blamed on a "technical glitch". LA newscasters phones were going off during the livestream multiple times, they didn't even know if it was a legit evacuation or not.>Livestream showed LAFD panic bulldozing fire roads right next to an active fire instead of part of fire prevention plan>LAFD/city not having firefighting planes on standby but instead borrowing both of them from Canada, one of which is down for the weekend because it hit a drone, so they're down to one operational airplane>Mayor and fire chief blaming each other in public, rumors of the mayor firing the LAFD chief but later denied.>Prison inmates being used for fire crews>Insurance companies and the wealthy didn't trust local response, private firefighting crews spotted near palisades fire 