A $2 million beach house that mercilessly survived a devastating fire in the Pacific Palisades has been torn in half by a landslide, raising fresh concerns about a similar potential disaster in the deadly inferno. Ta.
A Los Angeles home based near the Pacific Coast Highway was destroyed when water runoff from firefighters battling the deadly inferno and a collapsed hillside triggered a landslide, police reported. KTLA.
The property narrowly survived the path of the fire and was largely unexposed to the flames.
Brian Kirkwood, a security guard hired to protect homes in the area from looters, blamed neighboring homes for the natural disaster.
It is unclear when the landslide hit the house, cutting it in two.
“This is not good,” Kirkwood told KTLA near a mix of mud and debris from homes destroyed in the fire.
The guard said the landslide was “catastrophic” but he did not realize how “bad” the situation had become after the fire.
“I didn't watch the news, so I came out here and watched it, and it didn't hit me until now,” Kirkwood said. “Oh. This is a big deal.”
According to Fox LAa one-bedroom home sold for nearly $2 million and rented for $14,000 a month.
Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella warned residents during Thursday's meeting. press conference Be “very careful” if returning to your home on or near a hillside.
“We want to warn all residents, no matter where you live in (Los Angeles) County, that if you have a slope behind your home or live on a slope, these slopes are vulnerable. ''Pestrella said.
“Because of the events we have experienced, all the soil that supports your homes is fragile and damaged. Even when it is not raining, the risk of debris flows and debris flows exists. Therefore, we We want people to pay close attention.”
He also warned residents to be wary of “these conditions in and around their property”, whether their home is “inside the fire zone or outside”.
Pastella said county officials are assessing “watershed areas and water conditions, including the geological soils in both watersheds that were destroyed” by the fire.
Senior Service Hydrologist National Weather Service office in Los AngelesJamie Raver told KTLA 5 that “all areas within and downstream of the burned area are at risk,” and that burn scars “typically take five to seven years to recover from a wildfire.” he said.
of United States Geological Survey (USGS) warns that wildfires significantly increase the risk of mudslides and landslides.
The agency said the “highly destructive” landslides after the fires “occurred with little warning, exerting large impact loads on objects in their path, stripping vegetation, blocking drainage channels and damaging structures.” “This could put human lives at risk,” he said.
Dangerous Santa Ana winds kept wildfires raging in and around Los Angeles.
The deadly fire killed at least 27 people and gutted a residential area.
More than 40,000 acres were burned, more than 12,300 buildings were destroyed, and thousands of people were forced to evacuate.
Palisades Fire, the most destructive fire to wipe out the star-studded coast Pacific Palisades Community Last week's fire was 27% contained, but the Eaton Fire, burning outside Pasadena, California, was 55% contained as of early Friday morning.
