county fire chief anthony marrone explains. >> conditions that night were unbearable. it was a devil wind that came out, you know, that extreme santa ana wind condition. thousands of burning embers this size and bigger being transported by that wind and that smoke column. >> darren is here with more on the details of what they'll be facing down there in the winds and we're kind of still feeling the impacts even up here. >> there is a connection to this. we're going to feel the same offshore wind event here tomorrow. i'm going to go into a little background how these things are put together, why they keep happening, what's going to happen in l.a. first this visit and in the next visit i'll talk to you about our wind tomorrow morning. we've already got offshore winds developing here. if you look in the central valley, that is the next area of low pressure that is about to spark this next instance of offshore winds. let me show you how this comes together and why it keeps happening this way. when we look at the satellite imagery, you'll notice nothing coming down through

los angeles county fire chief anthony marrone joins us now.sir, we are so grateful for what you've been doing, as well as everyone that that you work with. and you say that you are better prepared this time, even more aerial resources. with this, the winds set to pick up. but a cal fire spokesperson did tell us that sustained winds over 40 miles an hour is going to ground most of the planes that you all are able to use right now. what kind of firefighting can be done on the ground when those planes are grounded? and what impact does that have? >> yeah, well, it certainly has a negative impact on our efforts to contain a fire. >> however, i really must state for your viewers that unsupported helicopter or aircraft drops did not suppress the wildfire completely. we always have to follow up with crews on the ground. those are usually wildland firefighting hand crews that cut a fire perimeter line around the entire incident, so we can still do those operations. perimeter control. we can use engine companies for structure defense. and also we can u

county fire chief anthony marrone say the extreme santa ana winds overwhelmed them.astation like this could become the new normal due to climate change. >> it's the actions that we take prior to that wind event ever starting that are going to make the most difference because we all realize there is not enough fire trucks, there is not enough firefighters, to extinguish that fast-moving, wind-driven, community conflagration that we saw on tuesday. >> reporter: the fire firefight begins long before -- >> long before that, and we need to be held accountable. >> reporter: and we have witnessed the heroism of these first responders for more than a week now. even some of them have said they needed more support, norah. >> norah: jonathan vigliotti, thank you for your reporting. a southwest airlines pilot ends up in jail. why? that's next. ♪ ♪ years of hard work. decades of dedication. committed to giving back. you've been there, done that. and you're still here for more. so now that you're 50 or older, and at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia and ipd be proactive wi

county fire chief anthony marrone. there is another santa ana wind event forecast for next week. >> yes, yes. the l.a. county fire department is going to be ready. >> reporter: across the fire zone, at least two dozen still missing tonight. meanwhile, thousands of displaced families are rents skyrocketing.shelter. >> my son keeps asking me, when are we going to stop moving? and i don't have an answer for it. >> reporter: after the eaton fire destroyed her family's altadena home, erika lee telling our." aclyn lee she's seen the price-gouging firsthand. >> how quickly are these listings getting taken off the market? >> i've reached out to a couple of places and a lot of them have already been taken. and one of them that i applied for upped the rent $1,000 an hour after i applied. >> reporter: l.a.'s district attorney demanding it stop. >> so, not only are you going to be looking at criminal penalties, you will be looking at civil penalties. you will be publicly shamed. >> reporter: and today, children whose elementary sc

. >> reporter: anthony marrone is chief of the l.a.ht. he told us the devil winds hurled embers far ahead of the fire, like snowfall from hell. >> embers like this are transported in the smoke column. >> so, this is being blown by the winds -- >> thousands and thousands of burning embers this size and bigger being transported by that wind and that smoke column. >> reporter: chief marrone says fires normally run uphill. >> but with these winds, it was pushed downhill into these neighborhoods. >> and some of these embers, blocks if not miles of it. >> right. and the embers were being generated not only by the brush on the hillsides, but by the homes that are burning. >> reporter: when the life-threatening winds started building, marrone told us he called up extra crews and engines. but the fires grew too big too fast. demand for water overburdened the system. water pressure dropped, and fire hoses ran dry, while the fires raged. >> people were complaining that there wasn't enough water or wasn't enough water pressure. was that a factor?

here was the la county fire chief anthony marrone earlier today. >> there are not enough firefighter ins la county to address four separate fires of this magnitude. we are doing the best we can, but no, we do not have enough fire personnel in la county between all of the department to handle this. >> to make matters worse, water for firefighters hoses was in short supply. la's high grant system primarily relies on three large water tanks. each one holding around a million gallons. by 3:00 a.m. last night, they had all run dry. 15 hours of fighting multiple major fires at once had depleted the tanks faster than they could be refilled. >>> now tonight, thankfully, the winds have calmed down enough for the fire fighting aircraft to provide air support. additional firefighters are also on their way coming from all across california as well as arizona and they are expected as early as tonight. and president biden has signed a major disaster declaration. although the winds will continue to die down throughout tonight, another round of powerful santa ana winds could pick up again as early a

anthony marrone, los angeles county, california, fire chief: the situation remains dynamic and the fireifficult fire to contain, although we are getting the upper hand. stephanie: los angeles is still reeling from two other blazes, the palisades and eaton fires. those erupted earlier this month, killing at least 28 people. the eaton fire is now nearly contained. today california governor gavin newsom signed a $2.5 billion aid package to help the city recover from the fires. the mayor of newark, new jersey says xi agents raided a business this week and detained undocumented immigrants and u.s. citizens without a warrant. in a statement, he claimed that one of those detained is a u.s. veteran who suffered the indignity of having his military documents question. it's one of the first local officials to issue a statement on a specific rate following president trump's immigration crackdown. neither the white house nor eyes had an immediate comment. oxycontin maker purdue pharma and the family who owns it will pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis. in today

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county fire chief anthony marrone. chief marrone, i'm glad to speak to you again. and can you share right now what your biggest areas of concern are? i know, you know, we see here fire trucks coming by. we saw a fire. fire crew put it out immediately. but they are they are on patrol constantly looking for hotspots. >> yeah. that's correct. >> thank you for having us on aaron. so right now my immediate concern is the current red flag that we're under. >> it's supposed to expire at 6 p.m. this evening. >> but looking forward with the weather forecast, we are slated to have another red flag warning. >> moderate santa ana winds beginning monday and tuesday so, chief, how do you manage through this? >> i mean, this seems as if it's never ending. you've got thousands of firefighters at the rose bowl stadium. you've got guys here just on alert all the time. is it just a never ending way of life at this point? three days. another wind warning. two days after that, it will happen again. >> yeah, we're certainly under a weather fire siege here in los angeles county. we do ha

i'm joined right now by the los angeles county fire chief, anthony marrone.hief, first of all, thanks so much for being with us. i want to talk about what your teams are doing just on these private firefighters. are they force multipliers, do you think? >> oh yeah, i agree with the last guest. >> i think they are force multipliers, but i'd like to state for all of your viewers, everybody in l.a. county gets equal fire protection. and it doesn't matter where you live or your socioeconomic standing, you're going to get great service from the l.a. county fire department. >> i think everybody over the last six days has just i mean, anybody who didn't understand how tough a job firefighting is and how important it is, just as i mean, i have such admiration. i've spent the last days out with firefighters in ways i never had before, and it's incredible what they're doing. i mean, it is truly it's moving what they're doing. um, and they are so committed to to what they do. what are your biggest concerns over the next 12 to 24 hours? >> well, you know, the national we

. >> at a news conference on sunday, chief anthony marrone said 70 water transport trucks requested by cal fire have arrived. they can help replenish water supplies in the fire engines on the front lines. >> this comes as state and local leaders face backlash over apparent water management issues. some residents have said they were forced to try fighting the flames with hoses and buckets of water, especially hydrants began to run dry. >> as questions swirl over california's handling of strained resources. cnn's kyung lah spoke directly with the state's governor during their conversation, gavin newsom explained the evolving scope and scale of wildfire damage, the governor of california, while overseeing this fire emergency in los angeles county for the first time, is now laying out some concrete timeline of when he wants this rebuilding to begin, saying that he wants assessments of all of the losses done within two weeks. >> and that's to get insurance and fema rolling. so what is this assessment? help explain why we need this and and what this means for that homeowner. >> you got throu

county fire chief anthony marrone for an update on all of the firefighting efforts that are happeningonight. chief, first, let me just begin with where we left off with my colleague on this. many people, of course, want to know why this is ongoing and continuing, but do you have a sense are you prioritizing the how it started just yet? >> well, actually, right now, laura, the our law enforcement partners, along with some federal partners, in addition to the l.a. county fire department arson investigation, members are actively engaged in trying to determine the cause not only of the eton and the palisades fires, but all of the other wildland brush fires that we've suffered over the last seven days. so it's going to take quite a bit of time. every one of those fires is important. however, i would say that both the eaton fire and the palisades fire are being prioritized because we've lost so many lives. >> it's unbelievable the devastation and scope our colleagues saying the amount of land akin to paris. unbelievable. to think about that, that scope and the devastation as you rightly put

county fire chief anthony marrone. chief marrone, i'm glad to speak to you again. and can you share right now what your biggest areas of concern are? i know, you know, we see here fire trucks coming by. we saw a blaze, fire, fire crew put it out immediately. but they are they are on patrol, constantly looking for hotspots. >> yeah. that's correct. thank you for having us on aaron. so right now my immediate concern is the current red flag that we're under. it's supposed to expire at 6 p.m. this evening. but looking forward with the weather forecast, we are slated to have another red flag warning. moderate santa ana winds, uh, beginning monday and tuesday. >> so, chief, how do you manage through this? i mean, this seems as if it's never ending. you've got thousands of firefighters at the rose bowl stadium. you've got guys here just on alert all the time. is it just a never ending way of life at this point? three days. another wind warning. two days after that, it will happen again. >> yeah, we're certainly under a weather fire siege here in los angeles county. we do

damage assessments, chief anthony marrone did speak about a specific— anthony marrone did speak abouty side, so more _ vetting that on the city side, so more information to come and real message that as soon as we can validate that. approximately 400 la ft firefighters have been deployed to the _ firefighters have been deployed to the palisades fire area. we have _ to the palisades fire area. we have many hundreds of law enforcement officers, a partner agency— enforcement officers, a partner agency responders and public works— agency responders and public works members engaged in supporting our overall operations. we are going to be transitioning to cal fire this morning _ transitioning to cal fire this morning to manage this incident at 8am — morning to manage this incident at 8am. next i would like to talk— at 8am. next i would like to talk briefly about the hearst fire which is located in sylman _ fire which is located in sylmar. last night approximately 10p in the fire erupted _ approximately 10p in the fire erupted in the sylmar area of los angeles, adjacent to los angeles _ los

fire chief anthony marrone gave an update on the palisades and eaton fires he started by confirmong that palisades fire is growing we have well over 5000 acres that have burned and the fire is growing. we have no percentage of containment. we have an estimated 1000 structures destroyed, and also no reported fatalities and a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate. in addition to first responders who were on the fire line for the eaton fire, it is located in both the angeles national forest, the altadena area of la county, and pasadena. la county is in unified command with both the angeles national forest and the pasadena fire department. we have over 2000 acres burning at this time, and the fire continues to grow with 0% containment. we have over 500 personnel assigned and unfortunately, we have two reported fatalities to civilians. unknown cause at this time. and we do have a number of significant injuries. we have over 100 structures destroyed. and the cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation. lastly, the national weather service has predicted