SoCal Fires Raging: Pacific Palisades, Pasadena Devastated

Victoria Taft : Jan 8, 2025
PJ Media

Please keep the firefighters and those affected by the LA area fires in prayer.

[PJMedia.com] A high school is gone. Nursing home patients flee for their lives. Family treasures are up in smoke. An untold number of homes have been incinerated by a wind-fueled conflagration in the Los Angeles areas of Pacific Palisades, Pasadena, and Sylmar, and forecasters predict the winds fueling the destruction won't stop until Thursday. (Screengrab image: via LA Times video)

At a certain point, the Santa Ana winds swooshing through the San Gabriel Mountains take whatever spark is burning and turn it into a firestorm. As LA folks wake up Wednesday and take stock of what remains, smoke and ash fill the air, and thousands upon thousands of people have fled for their lives.

The winds are so strong that Joe Biden, in town to dedicate a couple of parks, was forced to cancel an event in the Coachella Valley.

The fires are not contained, much less controlled. Firefighters believe that nearly 3,000 acres filled with some of the priciest real estate in Southern California is incinerated.

And it isn't over yet. In fact, the 60-70 mph Santa Ana winds aren't expected to die down until Thursday... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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