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network. >> this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers in the u.s., here in the uk and all around the world, i'm ben hunt in london. and it is so good to have you here with me. we are, of course, following breaking news this hour as we head into day six of the devastating wildfires in southern california. firefighters are racing against the clock. officials are warning there is a very significant concern that the fires will grow in the hours ahead, as the santa ana winds regain strength. that comes as the death toll climbs to 16. california's governor is doubling the number of national guardsmen deployed. seven other u.s. states, canada and mexico, are sending in firefighters to help. the powerful winds are picking up as crews make progress on the largest blaze burning in los angeles. the palisades fire, the operations chief, says there's minimal activity in some parts as they stop the spread of the fires boundary,

but that work could be lost, with flames inching closer to brentwood, bel-air and other communities near ucla. the mayor of malibu says that city has already lost one third of its eastern edge to the palisades fire, which is 11% contained right now. more than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders. california's attorney general explained why these orders are so important. at a news conference on saturday. >> i urge everyone in the greater l.a. area to please pay attention to official alerts, red flag warnings and evacuation orders that will keep you safe. our law enforcement officials and first responders top priority is your safety. so when you hear that siren or get the mandatory evacuation notice, please comply. please comply immediately. and don't wait until the last minute if you think you might need to leave. pack a bag and collect your things now so you're ready. if the time comes. there are many

things in your home that are very valuable to you, and i understand that. but nearly everything in your home is replaceable. you are not. your family is not. >> l.a .'s police chief says a new investigative task force is being created in response to the wildfires. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is taking the lead in determining the origin and cause of the palisades fire. sources tell cnn the same national response team that investigated the maui wildfire is expected to join the investigation. cnn's lee waldman has more from the devastated pacific palisades neighborhood of los angeles. >> winds are picking up here in pacific palisades. >> it's a race against the clock for first responders who are trying to get a greater level of containment for the fires that are currently burning here in l.a. county. >> but we heard from the cal fire chief who said there is a

significant concern that with those winds picking back up, that the wildfires could grow, the firestorm in southern california stretching east saturday. and now new concern over the wind speeds increasing, posing a further threat. the multiple blazes combined singeing nearly 40,000 acres in southern california, decimating communities. >> it's okay. >> it's like your heart's been ripped out. >> we have everything. we have our lives and stomped on and thrown away. >> and you're just trying to find a piece to put it back together. the pellegrini family lost their restaurant of 40 years. like so many others, they've lost so much. >> two doors down, the house is gone. one door up. the house is gone. the house above me is gone. the house is across the street. we're. we're burning all day. >> dan o'connor is one of the few residents whose home is still standing in malibu. but around him is nothing but mangled metal and charred debris. this home, only the

staircase is left standing. the largest of the wildfires, the palisades fire, devouring the malibu area. >> it's devastating and heartbreaking for all. but it's great to see the, you know, the community come together. >> the winds calming down saturday morning, allowing crews to make progress, fighting the flames by air and reducing the risk for firefighters. >> you're not having those, you know, strong, strong winds that are providing ember casting and starting spot fires in front of the head of fires. >> but the dry conditions still leaving much of southern california under a critical level for fire danger. the santa ana winds are expected to pick up sunday, which could worsen fire risk california governor gavin newsom doubled the amount of national guardsmen who are here helping to respond to these fires. we also are getting help from mexico firefighters and also firefighters coming from texas, all with the same goal in mind, trying to protect the people and communities in the

path of these blazes. in pacific palisades, i'm leigh waldman, cnn. >> the federal emergency management agency says it's received more than 16,000 applications for assistance because of the wildfires. a fema spokesperson says people who apply will receive a one time payment to help with things like water and food. meanwhile, the los angeles county supervisor promises to eliminate unnecessary red tape that could slow down recovery efforts. i want to stay on this story, so let's bring in peter devito, a real estate agent and a resident of altadena, california. he lost his home to the eaton fire, and he's joining me now from napa, california. i'm so sorry you're experiencing this. that's the first thing to say. the images have just been so shocking. i'm sat here just in shock. this is wild. what is the latest on your situation and how are you doing at the moment? >> thank you ben. appreciate it. i mean look right. like we're right now. it's a mix of all the emotions. as you can imagine from sadness and

complete, utter devastation of our community. i have friends, i have clients that have lost everything and that are completely displaced or disheartened. you know, you don't know where to begin, right? like this. obviously there are there are limitations to how, you know, responses can be had and what can be done. but it's really hard to not have big, big questions about how this was handled, how we were not better prepared for this. right. i mean, we didn't get a call. we didn't get a text. no one came to tell us what was happening. our neighbor literally screaming our names over our fence. and thankfully we heard her and we came out and she's like, we need to run. we need to leave. i said, why? we need to leave now. look what's happening. and it was happening so fast. we're lucky to have our lives, as you know, but i just we just don't get it. ben, this doesn't make sense, right? like the santa ana winds. this is not new information, right? like, we go

from wet, we go to. this is not new information. then nothing was done. how is this santa ynez reservoir completely empty since february of 2024? right. our mayor cut 17.8 million in funding last year. what? i just don't understand. it's incomprehensible. and quite frankly, it's inexcusable. what the. what? what is going on? >> well, i'm sensing i'm sensing real anger there. and, of course, i completely understand it. i mean, i've been looking at some of the coverage that we've been reporting over the past few days. i'm like, when are people going to get angry about this? it has been shocking to me that people have lost everything. i guess that's the first reaction, right? is just to stand there in shock and just take it. but maybe that is turning now. one of the things i'm trying to get my head around is how it seems that there was no warning for these fires. just like you said there. so people evacuated their homes with nothing. it seems like there wasn't even really alerts around this, and it was neighbors knocking on doors, shouting over fences, saying to get out. when did you first hear about the fires

then. and how long was it before everything was gone? >> so we heard about the palisades at, you know, honestly, i don't even remember the time. the day is a bit of a blur, but for us in altadena, it was my sister who lives in cleveland, ohio, who texted my wife and i. it was about 630 our time. we literally had just gotten home. um, we had some takeaway. we were kind of hunkering down. we obviously heard about the winds. it was it was really, really eerie and scary and we're we're there. we're eating. thankfully, we had some power because we have a tesla powerwall that that also saved power during the day. um, and then we saw all the power went out and then our power stayed on. and then we looked outside and it's like, i hear the winds. it's eerie. we we're like, we're okay. let's just we're going to stay put. there's, you know, we don't know what to do. there's there's nothing happening as far as we know in terms of our city. cut to roughly an hour later, it was about seven 3745

that we hear our friends and our neighbors screaming and yelling, and literally then we, you know, we walk out and i go, why? where do we need to go? why? why do we need to leave? and we look and we see the fire literally coming over the hill. and, you know, i was a i was not as alarmed as my wife was. i was like, look, that that doesn't look super close. and she's like, peter, that's close. you guys need to pack your things. you need to get bella and missy and you need to leave the house immediately. and ultimately, we look, our gate was stuck. we had a gate. i had to figure out how to open the gate and, um, it was it was awful. it was awful. and look, we're one of thousands, tens of thousands of stories. look, la, we're never going to be the same. right? and. a government is, is to provide a few things. safety and security. right. yeah. the very, very least they have failed on all accounts here, ben. all accounts. we are not safe. we

are not secure. it is. it is beyond reproach. let me give you another situation. i have a dear friend. of course. many friends down the street from us. he stayed at his home from three in the morning until eight in the morning, with a garden hose fighting off flames. >> oh my goodness! >> nobody came. not a soul. he actually was able to save two structures on his property, one of them in the back. one of the back houses gone. however, 7:30 a.m. okay, 7:30 a.m. a fire truck shows up. he's like, oh thank god, right. they're going to come. they're going to help. they pull up to his just across the street from his. his house is a nursing home. there's a patch of grass that is burning. they get out. they put out the patch of grass. meanwhile, ben, the entire block is in flames, including my friend in his house. the fire truck turns around and leaves i mean, this is i don't

understand. i just don't understand. >> and these are the kind of stories that are going to be coming out over the next few days where people are going to be asking some serious, serious questions. i just want to get a sense from you about the level of devastation you're seeing and potentially the lack of empathy that's online. we are obviously covering this as breaking news. my studio is all red because of that, but there are some people saying that we shouldn't be covering these stories because people have money in these areas. they're wealthy, they're rich, and because of that, it's almost as if they can just get on by. and this doesn't matter. what are your thoughts and what would you say to those people who say that there's still serious suffering here? >> look, suffering is suffering at the end of the day and right. it is an awful situation we're all living in in the world, compared to gaza to the united states. losses, loss and and anyone's pain is warrantable, regardless of if you have money, if you have means. we all are human beings and we're

all experiencing complete tragedy. like above all else. first of all, also, a lot of these people don't have insurance. we're very thankful and very lucky that we do have it. the fire insurance has been canceled and being canceled for years, right? like ben, i am in the real estate industry. i see it, i hear it every single day and people have not been they've not been able to renew. they've been being canceled. state farm is one of the biggest culprits who have been canceling policies. they are already rejecting claims. it's it's it's insane. and look, even people that live in l.a. and that haven't lost their homes, ben la, this beautiful, magical place is never, ever going to be the same. i don't care how you rebuild or what you rebuild. in addition to that, what do you think the cost of insurance is going to be? what, $100,000 a year? who's going to be able to afford? who is going to be

willing to insure anything in our city? it's it's not comprehension. and regardless of what your means are, you have memories. you have lives that have been lived. our home, ben, was a was a home of healing, of love that we cultivated and we created that. everyone was accepted. we are a people that love everyone and we've done everything we can to be a very special place. and you can ask any of our friends, everybody loved our home, everybody loved our home. it was a it was a special place. and this is for everybody that has a home. yeah. >> i'm so sorry to be missing. >> it's just there's no words. >> there are no words. absolutely devastating. peter, i want to thank you for staying up late, first of all, for speaking to me. i genuinely appreciate that your passion is coming across. i completely understand that this is just devastating. it's so much, um, but thank you for sharing that with our audience and we

genuinely appreciate it. and we're going to be covering this for the next few hours as well. so thank you. we wish you the best of luck. i'm sure we'll be talking very soon. >> at least i can do to at least share one of the many stories for all the people that are losing what they're losing. and, you know, it's, uh. thank you. thank you for the time. and god bless all of us. >> thank you. and please do keep telling your story as well. let's stay with this news because there is so much happening. i want to go now to todd hall, senior meteorologist with the national weather service. he's in oxnard, california. todd i mean, we were just hearing some absolutely devastating stories about what people are going through right now. tell me about the conditions that the teams are dealing with on the ground. what's going on? >> so currently we have these winds starting to redevelop overnight. >> right.

>> i think we're just trying to we're just having some tech difficulties there. i think we're going to come back to you in a moment if that's okay. todd, we'll go back on that. but we are going to stay on this story. california governor gavin newsom is calling for an independent investigation into what caused some fire hydrants to lose water pressure. he also wants to know why, as key reservoir was out of service on saturday, the los angeles department of water and power said all pacific palisades and west side hydrants were, quote, fully operational before the fire. but they say the system lost water pressure due to unprecedented and extreme water demands to fight the wildfire. without aerial support. other u.s. states have sent help to california. now, neighboring mexico is joining the fight. we're going to get more on that story just after this quick break. >> one a next level clean swish with the whoa of listerine. >> it kills 99.9% of bad breath

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management and medical personnel. texas will also provide 45 fire engines, ambulances, command vehicles and equipment. california governor gavin newsom thanked those helping his state. obviously want to stay on this story because there's so much happening. let's now go to todd hall, senior meteorologist with the national weather service. he's in oxnard, california. todd, so much going on right now. what are teams dealing with on the ground in terms of conditions? >> yeah. so currently we're seeing wind gusts between 35 and 55mph across our mountain areas. those winds are expected to increase again as we approach sunrise. so we'll see wind gusts between 45 and 65mph by this morning. across our strongest locations. so we're gearing up again with critical fire weather conditions. we're gearing up for another round of santa ana winds here and tell me what

conditions are going to be like over the next few days. >> it is kind of breaking news coverage we're doing because of the winds pick up. this is going to continue. >> yes. so the fire typically will respond to these drier conditions. so we will you know, there is a chance that we will see some spotting starting to take place with any embers that could be there. and, and there's certainly the fire will respond. so we'll start to see a little bit more blow ups because that drier air moves in and it changes the fire. weather conditions across that those across those fires that are active, actively burning at this time. >> now i am no meteorologist at all, barely understand the weather. but how comes people didn't know about the impact that was going to be hitting them? we've heard about people who were sat at home expecting to just ride it out, and then neighbors screaming at them to leave because they expected things to be worse than they usually are. was there just no way of predicting this level of devastation based on

weather patterns? >> and, you know, i take it from from my standpoint, we knew about this eight days in advance and we were providing this level of information. we we put out a particularly dangerous situation, red flag warning that was issued on sunday before and two days in advance of the winds, letting our fire partners know that this was that this was going to be a different event. we were forecasting winds between 60 and 80mph, with gusts up to 100 in some spots. we we totally recognize this from from the national weather service standpoint. so and we were giving these, these briefings to county and emergency managers, fire captains across southern california. um, i can't speak to as far as as far as the preparedness within different communities, but i can speak from the standpoint of of the level of preparedness that we were we were at we were activated as as meteorologists, we know that

today's news isn't necessarily tomorrow's news. >> the focus and attention moves on. we go on to another story. when do you predict that the worst of these fires will be over? and we'll be on to something else? >> i as far as the weather conditions, the weather conditions are expected to take a change for better. actually on thursday. so we still have another two santa ana wind. we have the santa ana wind this morning to get through, and then we have another event, potentially for monday night into tuesday. so we the earliest we can expect this is probably by wednesday afternoon, where we could start to see the weather conditions improve for these these firefighter personnel and these fires. >> my goodness. another few days yet. well, todd, i'm sure we're going to be speaking to you again. thank you so much. for now at least i appreciate it. thank you. cnn's bill weir spoke to a former firefighter who did whatever he could to save his home. as the flames inched closer. >> this tree, like the fire, came right up to the property.

yeah, like that tree torched out for the last five years. >> mishra cyril freed was a hotshot putting out wildland blazes around southern california. and all the while, he knew his own home atop a sierra madre ridge was a ripe fire target. >> i've been doing, like, fuel reduction and defensible space. so i've been, like, lifting all the trees and, like, cutting everything back. so in case a fire does happen, it can't get up into the trees and like, torch out the building. >> um, and that paid off. >> paid off. if i didn't do that, this would have all this would have gone right. >> but he never imagined he'd have to defend his own neighborhood from a moving hellscape with a garden hose and a chainsaw. he says that during repeated trips over multiple days, he had to beg for help from passing fire crews and even evade a police barricade. >> told me i looked tired and i should go find somewhere to sleep and then threaten to put me in a cop car so i know

sierra madre. i know another way to get in. so i snuck back up here and put out a bunch of fires and saved 4 or 5 homes from burning. >> when fire crews from arizona finally arrived, miro found himself in command. >> i've been, like, telling them what's going on and, like, telling them what to do. it's been crazy. and, like, i'm not even paid for this. like i always said for the forest service. like, i like to do it, not for the money. it's like a great way to be outside and be of service. but i never thought i'd be doing this for free. like it's insane. insane. >> do you feel like you're in the clear yet? i mean, can you even relax here? >> we're fine. there's going to be another wind event. but the damage has been done. like, everything has burnt and there's nothing left to burn. yeah. >> what does that feel like? have you been able to process that yet in terms of. >> yeah. last night, um. i was up here by myself and, like, the lights were out and just crying. just. we drove through, went by my dad's house, and we were just crying the entire time and just. yeah, called a

couple of my crew members that i work with that are laid off and yeah, just cried to them and yeah, it's unreal. it's crazy. >> miro tells me he resigned from the forest department as a hotshot. it's going to start his own business helping people with defensible spaces, clearing brush from around homes, and maybe getting rebates from insurance companies for doing that going forward. now that the winds have been calm, at least for the last few hours, and now that there's a lot more crews in from other states, even the help is noticeable. there's some relief in these places. but those red flag warnings could be kicking back up. and these days it's anybody's guess what happens next. bill weir, cnn, sierra madre. >> wildfires rage across los angeles, and we're following the latest. our breaking news coverage continues next. plus, we speak with a california health official about the toxin spreading through wildfire smoke. more on the growing

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the world at this, at moving resources and preparing for these types of disasters. however, we don't know what mother nature is going to bring us, and she's in charge, so we'll do everything we can with what we have. but it all in all, in the end, it's how how strong are the winds? how dry are they where they come from. and and if and when they blow the fire a different direction. >> l.a. county has extended its smoke advisory until ten in the evening, local time on sunday, due to what it calls the area's unhealthy air quality. l.a .'s chief deputy director of public health, anish mahajan spoke with cnn about the problem. he says he's very worried about the long term health risks associated with exposure to this level of smoke and ash. he cautioned residents to stay indoors if possible and to wear filtration masks outside. mahajan is also worried about the county's water. >> there's an even greater problem of these toxins that

you're describing with the burnt out areas of the houses and all of the chemicals that we live with that are now burned to ash, they also can find their way into the water. >> so we have several water districts here in l.a. indicating that residents do not use the water. and that means you should not only not drink it, but you should also not use it for things like bathing, brushing your teeth or other other activities. and instead you should be using an alternative source. and so these are steps that we are asking folks to take here in los angeles to avoid the health risks of this, of this wildfire smoke and ash mahajan says toxins from wildfire smoke can cause serious problems, especially for children, the elderly and people with respiratory and heart issues, and can cause long term health problems. >> let's stick with this story. doctor scott miscovich is president and ceo of premier medical group usa. he joins me now from kailua, hawaii. doctor miscovich, welcome. thank you

so much for being here. how are you doing? >> okay, ben, thanks for having me. and boy, it just is so hard watching these guests, their passion, their their anguish. it's just incredible. >> yeah, it's tough stuff. it's a really tough watch, but it's important. as if things weren't bad enough. now, with houses burning down, we're also concerned about the health of people either watching their houses burn down or those working and volunteering in those areas. can you just tell me about some of the biggest health risks that are associated with these wildfires yes, ben, the problem is they're just so many risks and it's just not right now. >> these risks go on and on. you know, i hate to say it, but the the itchy eyes and the scratchy throats are just the beginning for these poor people in southern california. um, and so the first thing people have to understand is if you have yourself or your relatives or,

or people in your family that have any kind of heart disease or what we call copd or even asthma in the younger, they need to be wearing those masks. they need to be out of this smoke because that can cause an acute problem that can cause someone to be, you know, going into cardiac arrest or someone to be rushed to the emergency room with difficulty breathing. uh, second, pregnant women, we have many studies that look that the first in trimester, first and second trimester exposures will lead to potential problems with birth weight and premature, uh, and they even study it longer. so, you know, that's the first. but as we go further, then we start looking at other things that, you know, you have to look at what is burning. it's not just the tree, it's a house. and what is in that house, that gases that are burning and the smoke contains so many different concerning chemicals,

carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, benzene. we've all heard those words, but there are things that are dangerous. you don't want them in your system in any significant quantities. and you know, so another one, formaldehyde. it is something that even if you burnt your carpeting or, um, uh, other things that are commonly in the house, you would have major problems. and then a couple other names, asbestos and arsenic, those can be in paints and other parts of older homes. so there's some real serious things that are out there in that smoke right now. ben. >> yes, indeed. and i was actually reading in your notes that even if people's homes are still standing, they could still be at risk from the pollutants that are now inside them. right. >> yeah. that's we had a study that came out of colorado because here's the thing that people also have to understand

right now, there have been so many increased wildfires across the united states, across canada, across the world, that medically we have very valid data. there are very solid research projects that go on to study. this one came out of colorado, which unfortunately has had fires, and it showed that the people whose homes did not burn internally within their home had higher levels of these types of chemicals inside the home than were outside their home. so after your home is in an area where the burn has occurred, people are going to have to do some real deep cleaning. and, you know, to look for some of these chemicals, whether it's in their sofas and furniture and things like that. and these volatile organic chemicals, as they're called, they can be they can be anywhere. >> yes. and these are obviously

the immediate concerns. but let's talk about the longer term as well. let's talk about the risk to the first responders, the firefighters, the volunteers. what kind of things could they be facing as a result of exposure to this stuff? >> yeah, that's something that, you know, as i reach out to you here from hawaii, you know, we just had this in maui and i was, uh, consulted in many different ways on this. and i've been working on treating personally and in, in my group in all of our regions. uh, first responders and individuals that would respond to things like this, their long term cancer risk goes up significantly between lung, bladder and different blood cancers. it's to the point where in hawaii, if you're a firefighter that's had any exposure, you don't have to file and say, prove that the cancer you have is workers comp or work

related. the law says it's automatic because you fought and gave your life out there to protect. it's automatic that the cancer will be covered for our first responders. and so everybody sees them out there, but they are putting their lives on their line. and, um, you know, it's you don't always have the perfect equipment. you're trying to breathe, but you're you're rushing. there's so much that's going on at the time. it's a it's a real, um, the i've talked to them, i watched them, i hold their hands as they're going to their end stage. it's very challenging. >> it sounds, it sounds it. i think hawaii is probably quite forward thinking in that approach as well. i'm sure that people across the u.s. wish for a similar approach to these long term health conditions. doctor scott miscovich, thank you so much for your time, and thank you for staying up late for me. i appreciate it. >> sure. any time, ben, and bless the people

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>> there is no 1 to 1 relationship between any of these events, and climate change, but the the scenario is conducive to these events becoming more intense and more frequent. >> while the winds are a major reason for the spread of the raging wildfires in california, experts say warming temperatures are creating conditions where fires can flourish. >> fires are very complex, and there's multiple factors that contribute, and we're still learning about these fires. >> but in general, we know is that climate change does increase the risk and severity of fires. >> forecasters say 2020 5th may not be as hot as last year, in part because the la nina climate pattern has begun, which tends to have a cooling global influence. but scientists say the long term trend still points to hotter times to come, which could mean more record breaking years for all the wrong reasons. okay, well, that's all i've got for

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