fire is estimated to be 17,000 — moroney. fire is estimated to be 17,000 acres, _ moroney.imated to be 17,000 acres, with - moroney. fire is estimated to be 17,000 acres, with 2796 i be 17,000 acres, with 27% containment. we know that over 7000 _ containment. we know that over 7000 structures are damaged or destroyed. and we have 3155 firefighting personnel assigned to the — firefighting personnel assigned to the incident. 16% of our damage _ to the incident. 16% of our damage inspections for dwellings have been completed. and we — dwellings have been completed. and we are working on a process to allow— and we are working on a process to allow residents in the affected areas to be able to go online — affected areas to be able to go online to — affected areas to be able to go online to view their home, if it has— online to view their home, if it has been damaged or destroyed. we know that elevated critical fire weather conditions will continue through wednesday. the los angeles _ through wednesday. the los angeles county fire department is prepared. these wins, combined with

chief moroney. >> so good morning. >> thank you. supervisor barger, my name is anthony moroney. >> i am the county of los angeles fire chief, and i'm also the region one coordinator for fire and rescue resources. >> i'm going to be giving an update on the palisades fire. in addition to the eaton fire. although i am aware that we have four large fires burning in l.a. county at this time, the palisades fire is located in both l.a. city and l.a. county. we are in unified command with the city of los angeles fire department. in addition to cal fire, 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. we have over 1000 personnel assigned, and the cause of the fire is unknown. however, it is under investigation for the eaton fire. it is located in both the angeles natio

chief moroney. >> so good morning. thank you, supervisor barger. my name is anthony moroney. i'm. also the region one coordinator for fire and rescue resources. i'm going to be giving an update on the palisades fire. in addition to the eaton fire. although i am aware that we have four large fires burning in l.a. county at this time, the palisades fire is located in both la city and la county. we are in unified command with the city of los angeles fire department. in addition to cal fire, 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. we have over 1000 personnel assigned and the cause of the fire is unknown. however, it is under investigation for the eaton fire. it is located in both the angeles national forest, the altadena area of l.a. county, and pasadena. l.a. county is in unified command, with both the a

and, chief moroney, you touched on it. i was at the rose bowl yesterday and that is the command center where all the different agencies are positioned. and i had the opportunity to talk to firefighters throughout the state from cal fire, but also from kern county, from santa clara. and they were talking about the fact that this is a year round situation, and they stand ready at a moment's notice to drop everything, and they commit to what i was told 14 days at any incident. so this is an example of mutual aid. but this this is going on constantly. and we are coming. so we were prepared for what we believe to be a very dire situation. and so i also want to thank you, chief mahoney, because you did alert us and you had an all hands on deck working with the sheriff. >> the police chief, and the l.a. county fire chief among those defending their work and the decisions made preemptively. and during the wildfires there in southern california. we'll have much more on our coverage of those wildfires in a moment. right now, other n

chief moroney did speak about a specific number.are still vetting that through on the city side. so more information to come and we will message that as soon as we can validate that. approximately 400 lafd firefighters have been deployed to the palisades fire. we have many hundreds of law enforcement officers, our partner agency responders and public works members engaged in supporting our overall operations. we are going to be transitioning to cal fire this morning to manage this incident at zero 800 hours. next, i'd like to talk briefly about our first fire, which is located in sylmar. last night at approximately 10:10 p.m, the fire erupted in the sylmar area of los angeles, adjacent to los angeles national forest. the fire has rapidly expanded to over 500 acres, prompting the emergency evacuation of more than 3000 residents. this fire is burning within the footprint of the historic saddle ridge fire. now, despite the extreme winds and significant risks, and that's what we're going to be talking about from today and probably throu

county fire chief anthony moroney. >> thank you. supervisor. so good morning. the eaton fire.stimated acreage 13,956 acres with 3% containment. we still have 4 to 5000 structures that may be damaged or destroyed. once we do our damage inspection reports, we'll get a more accurate number for you. we currently have 1527 firefighting personnel remaining assigned to this incident. the la county fire department is in unified command with the us forest service. the la county sheriff's, along with the pasadena, arcadia, sierra madre fire departments and the pasadena police department. yesterday afternoon, the fire the fire in the eaton canyon did make a push towards historic mount wilson. this observatory is okay thanks to the efforts of the firefighters and observatory staff, and no buildings have been destroyed at mount wilson, a firefighter did suffer a significant fall injury yesterday at the eaton fire. he remains hospitalized. he's resting comfortably and he's in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. the cause of the fire remains unknown and we will advise the

you might be able to see megan moroney right here behind me. and crowds are already packed in.s raining a little bit. it's not heavy yet this far. there's expected to be more than a million people packed into times square tonight. but police say no matter how big this crowd gets, they are prepared to keep everyone safe tonight. thousands rushed to take their place in new york's iconic times square, hours before new year's eve celebrations were set to begin. >> everyone said that i shouldn't come, but i don't care. i've never done it, so i really want to. >> first time we woke up at 3 a.m. in the morning to be here at six. >> the more than a century old tradition drawing spectators from around the world. >> best place in the world to be for new year's eve? >> test runs a day early, offering a sneak peek of the impressive 11,000 pound ball covered with more than 26,000 crystal triangles and over 32,000 lights. organizers say it will fall alongside 3,000 pounds of confetti come midnight. >> it's magical. it's fantastic. >> still, homeland security says the israel-hamas conflict ha

and chief moroney did talk about this for a second. >> in every conversation we're having about evacuations, warnings, whether they're they're going to implement them or take or take them away. the conversation about repopulation is on all of our minds. >> i know that we are attending staffs, attending community meetings, whether they be out in the palisades fire area in malibu for us at l.a. county, sheriffs in the altadena area, we are hearing our community loud and clear, and we want to get you in there as soon as possible. but i want to reiterate what is holding us up. this is very important. we are still for the altadena area. we are in the third day of grid searching. it is a very grim task and we unfortunately every day we're doing this, we're running across the remains of individual community members. that is not easy work. very sad to report, and i believe that work is not only going to continue, but i believe we'll continue to find remains. so please be patient with us. people are saying, i just want to go look at my house and i want to see what's left. we know that, but we have p

next, i'd like to welcome la county fire chief anthony moroney. >> so good morning. thank you.visor horvath. i will be providing an eton fire update in addition to a region one update. the eton fire remains estimated to be 10,600 acres, and growth has been significantly stopped and we have 0% containment. we have over 879 firefighting personnel assigned and mutual aid resources continue to arrive to assist with this firefight. from this point forward. incident fatality information and reporting will be the responsibility of the los angeles county sheriff's department. we have several reported injuries and over 1000 structures damaged and destroyed. the cause of the fire remains unknown and it continues to be under active investigation. as i stated yesterday, as soon as a cause is determined, we will advise the media. the lydia fire that started yesterday in acton has been 40% contained and forward progress has been stopped. it is limited to 348 acres. the number of resources assigned to this fire siege event has increased significantly, and we have a much better posture than we

uh, best looking fire chief, uh, tony moroney. thank you. thank you. >> thank you. sheriff luna and supervisor barger, chair of the board. so i'm going to limit my my comments to an update for the eaton fire here in los angeles county that's affecting the unincorporated community of altadena. in addition to the cities of pasadena, arcadia, and sierra madre, we remain in unified command. however, we have added one unified command partner. um, cal fire incident management team three has been assigned to the incident to assist with recovery operations, recovery operations consists of trying to coordinate all of our human remain detection teams that will be going house to house to make sure that we can account for anybody who's been killed in the fire. also, setting up community recovery centers. they're also going to be doing damage inspection coordination for us. so the eaton fire is now estimated to be 13,690 acres. it's grown since our morning press conference because the fire is making a run towards the historic mount wilson area. we are still at 0% containment, bu

. >> los angeles county fire chief anthony moroney, thanks so much. this is an enormous tragedy. so many families need to find new homes, so many families will need to rebuild their lives. cnn is compiling a list of vetted resources that you can look at. if you have the means where you can help. it's called impact your world. to find that, you go to cnn.com slash impact, cnn.com slash impact to donate. you can also text wildfires to this number 70707 0 or 7770. coming up we're going to talk about these destructive fires compounded by climate. cnn's chief climate correspondent will join us to talk about the conditions under which these five fires began. but first, a big interview. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is here in washington, d.c., and he's coming to the lead. we're going to talk to him about the political pressure he's taking from president-elect trump. the announcement this week of his resignation. we'll talk to him about it all next. >> super man, the christopher reeve story, february 2nd on cnn. >> you you're making everything orange. >> we're showing we're con

on 60 minutes last night, los angeles county fire chief anthony moroney told bill whitaker what fireem was stretched. metropolitan water systems are not designed to sustain a firefight like this. your viewers can't expect a municipal water system to supply enough firefighting water to extinguish every one of these houses. >> that's unrealistic. >> did you have enough resources? did you have enough firefighters? >> did you have enough fire engines? >> no. >> and there's not enough fire engines for this. >> ordinarily, for one house like this, you might have 3 or 4, 3 or 4 fire engines. >> we think we've lost 8000 structures. so times three fire engines each. >> that that requires 26,000 fire engines. >> i don't think the state of california has 26,000 fire engines. >> that could be at one place right now. >> joining us now by phone from the pacific palisades section of los angeles, is cal fire battalion chief brant pasqua. chief, what is the situation there tonight? >> yeah, the situation out here tonight is we have all the crews mopping up extensively, working around the clock to mak

that's according to fire chief moroney from l.a. county.hey are prepared for this wind event, they said. so many questions about water pressure and water availability. they're trying to rest assured. and then your heart goes out to all those folks who are living in this horrible state of smoky limbo that can't get back to their homes, whatever is left of their lives, many with just the clothes on their backs, no medication, some with small pets. yesterday they tried to take people in three cars at a time into the palisades area. give some people some peace of mind, but apparently the demand got so chaotic that the that the police chief in l.a. said, we're going to suspend that for now, shutting that down. and that has to be massively frustrating for people who are even lined up overnight thinking that when the curfew lifted this morning, they'd be able to go in. my colleague julia vargas jones is up the hill in the palisades with some of these frustrated folks. what are you seeing there, julia? >> well, bill, you nailed it. it's frustration

. >> the los angeles county fire chief anthony moroney, said there are nearly 3400 firefighters stillflames, and that the fight is far from over. >> critical fire weather conditions will continue through this evening. the anticipated 70 mile an hour winds have yet to materialize. however, this could change and we are still at risk. >> the los angeles county sheriff also mentioned they're investigating 26 active missing persons reports. 20 of them are in the fire of the eaton fire area. six are in the palisades fire area. >> meantime, dramatic new video this morning showing the firefight from the sky. what you're seeing here. pilots flying their choppers into the heart of the flames. video showing here, captured by coulson aviation from inside the cockpit of one of its aircrafts. by day and night, these crews enter the battle ready for precision water drops. coulson aviation is a canadian company contracted year round to help fight fires in southern california. >> federal firefighters are working alongside state and local crews. the u.s. forest service is providing thousands of firefig

you see los angeles county fire chief anthony moroney. now, here's what we know so far about the status of this ongoing firefight. a red flag warning is in effect and will be in effect until at least 6:00 tomorrow evening. wind gusts as high as 70mph are expected through tomorrow. and containment of the palisades fire did improve slightly overnight. 17% containment with more than 23,000 acres burned. the eaton fire. 35% contained, up from 33 ahead of today's challenging weather conditions. now, cal fire planes doused homes in hillsides yesterday in water and fire retardant chemicals to try and get ahead of these dangerous weather and windy conditions. today, fire engines and water trucks have been stationed all across vulnerable spots with dry brush. in the meantime, work has begun to try and determine how these fires started in the first place. a team from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives came to the site where the palisades fire began one week ago. some people who live in the area say it appears that that fire