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hello, i'm karin giannone. hello, i'm karin giannone. there is still no respite from the extreme conditions fueling california's wildfire emergency. the threat of fire in los angeles remains �*very high�*, with strong winds forecast and "critical weather conditions to continue until wednesday". the authorities have been giving fresh updates on the disaster.

to last through wednesday. humidity levels remain low. emma vardy reports. the race to stay ahead of the deadly fires enters a sixth day. helicopters fly just above the smoke. below, the flames rage. butjust as progress is made, other areas ignite. in the fires�* wake, residents continue to journey back to where their houses once stood. for one, the reality is overwhelming. oh, my god... oh, my god! she cries. i felt like a zombie since tuesday. can't sleep. you literally cannot sleep, you just replay. sabrina, another palisades resident, picks through what is left of her childhood home. my bedroom was in the front over there with my sister. you know, it wasn't that big of a house but it had

everything we needed. it's really sad. i feel so bad for my parents. it's all gone. there have been repeated warnings for people to stick to night—time curfews — police urging the need for order. i saw a gentleman that looked like a firefighter and i asked him if he was ok because he was sitting down. i didn't realise we had him in handcuffs. we were turning him over to the lapd because he was dressed like a fireman and he was not. he'd just got caught burglarising a home. that was my house. this is the main house... with tens of thousands of people staying in emergency hotels and shelters, they are safe for now, but have no idea where they will go next. serenity�*s family of 11 fled minutes before their home burned. people like me, without insurance, we don't know what we're going to do. we are at shelters like this. we are going all around town, some of us have lost our cars. some of us have lost

our sense of being. the city faces a massive task to provide housing for the areas that are lost. the scale of the destruction in neighbourhoods is vast. whole schools gone. as you know, our beloved south campus has been severely damaged by the recent fires and many of our families and staff have experienced great personal loss. crews had begun to slow the spread of the eaton fire but strong winds are driving it back into life. this helicopter�*s flying just above us, just dropping water now, trying to keep those flames at bay. above and below, they battle on. fire crews are now focusing their efforts up in the los angeles national forest, above altadena, where a new area of the blaze has just opened up and there's a renewed sense of urgency because down here is a large

nasa facility that the flames have been moving towards. 16 people have now died in these fires. they are already among the deadliest in california's history. and officials say the death toll will rise. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. and, emma has sent this update as firefighters continue to try and contain a fresh flare—up in the angeles national forest. it is burning on both sides of us, up the hill. and down into the valley, too. there are helicopters flying just above us, just dropping water now. trying to keep those flames at bay. right here, there is a real sense of urgency, because down that way, there is a huge nasa facility that the flames have been moving towards. and they have been trying really hard to protect that.

as well as trying to put these fires out, with water and with fire retardant, what they are doing now is trying to clear lots of this dry vegetation, trying to solve it down so that the fire has less direct route. it down so that the fire has less to rip through. this is normally a beautiful area. i have in hiking to an amazing waterfall up in the cells. waterfall up in the hills. right now looks so different. the eaton fire is the second biggest fire and has burnt through 1a,000 acres. it's currently 27 percent contained. this is a picture of peter divito's house before it was burnt down last week. and this is it after the fire took hold of it — burning everything in its

path except the chimney stack. peter, his wife and two dogs evacuated safely and have now fled to the north of the state to napa. and peterjoins me now. thank you forjoining us. we are so sorry to hear what you have been very. where do we even begin? tell us a bit about what happened.— even begin? tell us a bit about what happened. thank you. yes, it is an overwhelming _ what happened. thank you. yes, it is an overwhelming mix - what happened. thank you. yes, it is an overwhelming mix of - it is an overwhelming mix of emotions at the moment, and hearing all of the stories that you are playing right now is... we keep being re—traumatised by all of these stories. on tuesday night, we heard about the wind and some of the fire starting in the palisades. i don't exactly know when. we got home from work, we were settling with the dogs. it was windy and we were preparing for something, the winds, we didn't suspect in the would happen. certainly we hope nothing else would happen. at 630 we had some takeaway. my sister texted from cleveland, ohio saying: a u 0k? from cleveland, ohio saying: a u ok? we heard that there is a fire, it may be in altadena. we

said, we are fine, it isjust the wind. the power appeared to go out when we looked outside. we had a back—up generator so we had some power to some of the room in the house. you know, we were ok. we had the wind. we had no text or calls, nothing. cut to 730, 745. abba neighbour begins screaming over the fence and screaming our names. we hear her calling our names. we hear her calling our names and we say: what is going on? she says: we need to leave. we said why? she said, look. we see the flames crossing over the hill. we needed to get out of there, right? we get the dogs and whatever we could. we got a bag of toiletries for the evening, hoping for the best and that we were going to come back. abba gate was stuck. the power was off. i had to get the gate open and get the dogs in the car, then we rushed to abba friend who pretty much rescued us, we went to her house down the street. that was in

arcadia. we hunker down and waited for the best. cut to... we didn't sleep a cause. we are altogether. seven people. two dogs. scared out of our minds. nobody knows what's happening to stop the next morning we get updates. this area is on fire. massively and via. .. updates. this area is on fire. massively and via... we tried to make our way back around 111130, everything was closed. they were letting us through. we work our way through the back. we were able to make it over street. you can't go down our street. we went to a parallel street. we went up and hit the street on the park there. we had to walk in a block and a half because the power lines were down. there were thousands of bedding. we had to know what was happening. and what was left of our house. as we walked up, it is gone. it is completely devastated. my wife broke down. abba neighbour was numb and frozen. i am

trying to console my wife. i took a quick video. i was trying to hold her. i said: we need to leave. she wouldn't leave. my neighbour was saying: we need to leave, it isn't safe, neverfires we need to leave, it isn't safe, never fires all around. the street was literally burning. we began walking back. we had to go back because browsers were invertebrate of us. they were really raging. we made it back to the car safer. we were numb. it is hard to comprehend, when it looked like a nuclear bomb went off and levelled the entire city. you look through, and you just see the hundreds of metres. we were not prepared. there were no precautions taken. why were we not... ? we don't understand where we were not better prepared. there were no texts. nobody came to callers. if it wasn't for a neighbour then who knows what would have happened to us. it is beyond reproach how our government handled the

situation. from karen bass to gather news on, say city and local community government, they have failed us. in every possible way. and it is an absolute shame. they need to be massive amounts of accountability on every level. why we were not better prepared. we are the fifth biggest economy in the world and we don't have better technology to better prepare ourselves in any way, shape or form for something this catastrophic. and it is still burning. it is... it is absolutely inexcusable, in every way, shape, and form. and... i don't even know what else to say, other than that it is an absolute tragedy of the greatest scale, and los angeles will never be the same. abba community will never be the same. altadena was diverse, socio— economically and culturally. in every way you can go. artists, businesspeople, everybody. it was filled with love and light and beauty. and connection. and

it is gone. and it is gone. we have the _ it is gone. and it is gone. we have the omission in your voice. everybody hearing you is trying to imagine what it is like to go through something like to go through something like you are going through and are still going through now. —— we hear the nation in your voice. do you have the words to describe the emotions in your voice? are you even thinking about the next step?- voice? are you even thinking about the next step? there is so much being _ about the next step? there is so much being felt. _ about the next step? there is so much being felt. we - about the next step? there is so much being felt. we are i so much being felt. we are literally being re—traumatised minute by minute as we tell the story and relive it and see the videos that our friends and family and clients... i am a real estate agent. my clients are displaced, many of them. it is extremely sad. we are destroyed. and we think about rebuilding, and then, of course, there is resolved. a beautiful community. amazing people. but what are we setting

themselves up for? what is a future look like? if we can't contain this then we just rebuilding to live it out again? are they going to fellas again? are they going to fellas again? how many times have wildfires happen in the state of california for somebody to say: enough. something isn't working. where is the money going? i will water wasn't on fire hydrant. the water pressure was missing. the santa ines canal, the reservoir, it was empty. it had been emptied. that is just above the palisades. it has been empty since february 2024. i am sorry, why? there was a $17.8 million budget cut by our mayor karen bass last year. the fires are getting more and they are increasing every year. our city chief told you that they need 64 more stations just to keep up 64 more stations just to keep up with the demand. they have built nana, they have been underprepared, and they have been under resourced in every way, shape, and form. i been under resourced in every way, shape, and form.- way, shape, and form. i 'ust

wanted to i way, shape, and form. i 'ust wanted to ask i way, shape, and form. i 'ust wanted to ask you i way, shape, and form. ijust i wanted to ask you something. i saw one thing that you said our producer when they were talking to you. you thought, when you left, that night, that he would be back in the morning and that this wasjust a be back in the morning and that this was just a drill, if you like. this was 'ust a drill, if you like. , . , this was 'ust a drill, if you like. , ., , , like. yes. that is exactly... that is why _ like. yes. that is exactly... that is why we _ like. yes. that is exactly... that is why we went - like. yes. that is exactly... that is why we went to - like. yes. that is exactly... | that is why we went to bed. like. yes. that is exactly... l that is why we went to bed. i didn't have an emergency bag. i had a bag of toiletries and one pair of underwear and one shirt and one hoodie and sweat pants. that is it. we were not prepared. in any way, shape or form. because we thought: this has happened before. the winds have been bad. the santa anna's winds happen every single year. that isn't new information. we figured that this is a precaution and that we will get out of here and be safe and smart and do what we can. my wife was make wedding dresses gone. my wedding ring is gone. everything is gone. material possessions can be replaced and we are grateful for that. we have insurance and many people don't. insurance policies have been cancelled over the years, and were cancelled weeks ago.

state farmers are one of the biggest culprits and they are rejecting people already. allstate is probablyjust as bad. i deal allstate is probablyjust as bad. ideal with this all the time. i am bad. ideal with this all the time. iam hearing bad. ideal with this all the time. i am hearing about people getting cancelled day in and day out. we can rebuild our home, what about the memories? what about all of the substances of love and compassion? we made a special house in a special neighbourhood. everybody was so close. and it is all gone, right? it has all gone. every bit of it. how will la ever be the same? 1523 00:1