The Washington Post’s report on the origin of the deadly fire in Los Angeles; What happened on New Year’s Eve?
reported by Mehr News Agency, the Washington Post newspaper wrote in an investigative report that the origin of the Los Angeles fire was near the site of New Year’s Eve fireworks.
This newspaper, by examining photographs, videos and satellite images and radio communications, as well as interviews with local residents and eyewitnesses, and examining evidence including burn marks caused by fireworks on New Year’s Eve, the cause The deadly and destructive fire in Los Angeles and southern California has been declared a secondary fire.
According to the analysis of this newspaper, the new fire started in the vicinity of the previous one, and according to experts, weather conditions and wind probably led to the ignition of the secondary fire.
Part of this report states: About 30 minutes after the Palisades fire started on Tuesday, firefighters’ radios rang; The flames were moving from a familiar area.
According to the post, the Palisades area fire started from where firefighters spent hours trying to control the fire with a water-sprinkling helicopter 6 days ago.
The Washington Post wrote that the fire on the night of January 1 in the Pacific Palisades area was extinguished in almost four hours, and the Los Angeles Fire Department announced that it was taking measures to prevent the fire from rekindling. will be adopted, but due to the lack of power and the need to respond to other incidents, it has been very difficult to monitor the areas where the fire was previously contained in order to prevent a secondary fire. is.
The question related to the cause of this fire is still unanswered in the minds of many people who lost their homes, and some have put forward conspiracy theories in cyberspace!
However, the Washington Post’s field investigation and the statements of eyewitnesses and local residents show that the use of incendiary devices on New Year’s Eve was probably the cause of the fire.
According to the latest reports, 24 people have died in the Los Angeles forest fires, and the Meteorological Organization has also warned about the return of the dangerous Santa Ana winds and the intensification of the fire.
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The amount of economic damage published by “Wells Fargo” bank from the Los Angeles fire is estimated between 60 and 130 billion dollars.
