Hurst Fire, Eaton Fire, Palisades fire

 The fire in Pacific palisades seems to be the worst of it's kind because of the wind since 2011

The Hurst Fire I don't know much about except it's new and I think it has closed Interstate 5 south of Santa Clarita.

The Eaton Fire is near Altadena which is problematic like the Hurst fire in that the winds are also blowing towards the ocean at a high clip so if the firefighters cannot stop the Hurst Fire and the Eaton Fire it could be a whole new kind of disaster we haven't seen before in the Los Angeles area.

However, the Pacific Palisades fire is close to the ocean so it doesn't have very far to go through first really expensive multi-million dollar homes before it crosses pacific Coast highway and hits the ocean and stops because it cannot burn in the ocean.

However, the Hurst fire is 32 miles to the ocean with a lot of homes and cities between it and the ocean and the Eaton fire is about 40 miles from the ocean in Pacific pallisades too.

So, if the wind keeps up long enough the Eaton and the Hurst fires could be far more serious long term than the Palisades fire because it is right on the hills next to the ocean.

Another fire just broke out in Santa Paula: Santa Paula is inland from Ventura on the Coast north of Los Angeles. Here is a partial quote from:

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfire-windstorm-01-07-25/index.html

1 hr 32 min ago

Fire breaks out in Santa Paula, Ventura County

From CNN's Jessie Yeung

Structures and vehicles are on fire in Santa Paula, in the Santa Clara River Valley between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.

“Units on scene reporting multiple storage units and vehicles on fire,” the department posted on X just after midnight. “Firefighters from VCFD and Ventura City Fire Department are aggressively working to control this fire.”

Videos posted by the department show smoke and embers flying in the strong wind, with fire crews handling multiple hoses.

It was not immediately clear whether the fire was linked to the wildfires in Los Angeles County. 

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Yes. It is possible that there could be many other fires caused by embers blowing long distances at these wind speeds too.  This often happens in Santa Ana winds this ferocious. Also, it is 6% humidity there with no significant rain in 8 months in these areas.