SANTO ANTONIO DE GOIAS, Brazil (AP) — Catholics in the small Brazilian city of Santo Antonio de Goias celebrated the Epiphany throughout the weekend and into Monday, the same day the rest of the nation observed Three Kings Day.
The Epiphany — one of the oldest festivals of the Catholic church — commemorates the Biblical journey of the three magi to visit baby Jesus that faithful view as evidence that Jesus was the son of God.
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Euripedes Vaz, center, is emotional as she holds the photo of her dead mother next to her sister Maria Vaz, right, and her son, while singing hymns in honor of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Children look at Our Lady's altar, during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Matriarch Terezinha de Jesus, sings prayer hymns to the Holy Kings during Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A clown called Bastiao crossed paths with a master singer from the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Matriarch Terezinha de Jesus, left, carries the flag of the Holy Kings next to Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Euripedes Vaz, center, is emotional as she holds the photo of her dead mother next to her sister Maria Vaz, right, and her son, while singing hymns in honor of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A clown named Bastiao leads the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. The procession depicts the Biblical journey of the Three Kings to visit baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Ambassador of the revelry, Vitalino Pereira sings hymns to celebrate the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Girls play tambourines during a performance, by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A child plays in front of an altar of Our Lady during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A couple holds the flag of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A boy dances with the clown named Bastiao during the arrival of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A reveler cries as he receives a flag representing the Three Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Performers of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group arrive at a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A boy makes the sign of the cross in front of an altar with an image of Our Lady during the arrival of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Musician and singer Jose Paulo celebrates the flag of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Adelina Rodrigues, right, holds a flag representing the Three Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Jose Mario sings during a performance, by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Performers dressed as Bastiao the clown dance during a performance by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group in a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Roberta Almeida sings during a performance, by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Performers of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group arrive at a house ahead of a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A performer dressed as Bastiao the clown rests amid performing with the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Veteran celebrants have kept the tradition alive, according to one of the festival's leaders, Marco Embaixador, 46, but an effort is being made to involve younger revelers as well.
“We have been inviting young people to participate, even considering going to schools to recruit new revelers,” Embaixador told The Associated Press.
Santo Antonio de Goias, located roughly 130 miles (209 kilometers) from the capital Brasilia, is home to about 7,000 people and they have celebrated the Epiphany for more than a century. On Sunday, revelers visited homes and farms in the area, bringing blessings and singing. They played traditional instruments including accordions, guitars and tambourines.
Robertha Rodrigues, 14, is part of the next generation helping to preserve the tradition. She played the tambourine on Sunday and said she felt honored to contribute.
“It’s a matter of family and devotion and we, the youth, do it from the heart,” she said.
At age 98, Terezinha de Jesus is one of the oldest participants in the festival, which she has attended since childhood.
“We must set an example for the young so they can continue God’s project, which is our revelry,” she said. “Hosting the revelry is a joy.”
Associated Press writer Gabriela Sá Pessoa contributed from Sao Paulo.
Children look at Our Lady's altar, during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Matriarch Terezinha de Jesus, sings prayer hymns to the Holy Kings during Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A clown called Bastiao crossed paths with a master singer from the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Matriarch Terezinha de Jesus, left, carries the flag of the Holy Kings next to Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Euripedes Vaz, center, is emotional as she holds the photo of her dead mother next to her sister Maria Vaz, right, and her son, while singing hymns in honor of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A clown named Bastiao leads the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. The procession depicts the Biblical journey of the Three Kings to visit baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Ambassador of the revelry, Vitalino Pereira sings hymns to celebrate the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Girls play tambourines during a performance, by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A child plays in front of an altar of Our Lady during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A couple holds the flag of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A boy dances with the clown named Bastiao during the arrival of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A reveler cries as he receives a flag representing the Three Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Performers of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group arrive at a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A boy makes the sign of the cross in front of an altar with an image of Our Lady during the arrival of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Musician and singer Jose Paulo celebrates the flag of the Holy Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Adelina Rodrigues, right, holds a flag representing the Three Kings during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Jose Mario sings during a performance, by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Performers dressed as Bastiao the clown dance during a performance by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group in a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Roberta Almeida sings during a performance, by the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group, marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Performers of the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group arrive at a house ahead of a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A performer dressed as Bastiao the clown rests amid performing with the Santo Antonio Folia de Reis group during a procession marking Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, in Santo Antonio de Goias, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in Southern California to attend the naming of a national monument by President Joe Biden, made a detour to the canyon to see “firsthand the impact of these swirling winds and the embers,” and he said he found “not a few — many structures already destroyed.”
Officials did not give an exact number of structures damaged or destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire, but they said about 30,000 residents are under evacuation orders and more than 13,000 structures were under threat.
And the worst could be yet to come. The blaze began around 10:30 a.m., shortly after the start of a Santa Ana windstorm that the National Weather service warned could be “life threatening” and the strongest to hit Southern California in more than a decade. The exact cause of the fire was unknown and no injuries had been reported, officials said.
The winds were expected to increase overnight and continue for days, producing isolated gusts that could top 100 mph (160 kph) in mountains and foothills — including in areas that haven’t seen substantial rain in months.
“By no stretch of the imagination are we out of the woods," Newsom warned residents, saying the worst of the winds are expected between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m. Wednesday.
As of Tuesday evening, 28,300 households were without power due to the strong winds, according to the mayor’s office. About 15,000 utility customers in Southern California had their power shut off to reduce the risk of equipment sparking blaze. A half a million customers total were at risk of losing power preemptively.
The fire swiftly consumed nearly 2 square miles (just over 5 square kilometers) of land in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in western Los Angeles, sending up a dramatic plume of smoke visible across the city. Residents in Venice Beach, some 6 miles (10 kilometers) away, reported seeing the flames. It was one of several blazes across the area.
Sections of Interstate 10 and the scenic Pacific Coast Highway were closed to all non-essential traffic to aid in evacuation efforts. But other roads were blocked. Some residents jumped out of their vehicles to get out of danger and waited to be picked up.
Resident Kelsey Trainor said the only road in and out of her neighborhood was completely blocked. Ash fell all around them while fires burned on both sides of the road.
“We looked across and the fire had jumped from one side of the road to the other side of the road,” Trainor said. “People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags, they were crying and screaming. The road was just blocked, like full-on blocked for an hour.”
An Associated Press video journalist saw a roof and chimney of one home in flames and another residence where the walls were burning. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood, which borders Malibu about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of downtown LA, includes hillside streets of tightly packed homes along winding roads nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and stretches down to beaches along the Pacific Ocean.
An AP photographer saw multi-million dollar mansions on fire as helicopters overhead dropped water loads. Roads were clogged in both directions as evacuees fled down toward the Pacific Coast Highway while others begged for rides back up to their homes to rescue pets. Two of the homes on fire were inside exclusive gated communities.
Long-time Palisades resident Will Adams said he immediately went to pick his two kids up from St. Matthews Parish’s school when he heard the fire was nearby. Meanwhile, he said embers flew into his wife's car as she tried to evacuate.
“She vacated her car and left it running,” Adams said. She and many other residents walked down toward the ocean until it was safe.
Adams said he had never witnessed anything like this in the 56 years he’s lived there. He watched as the sky turned brown and then black as homes started burning. He could hear loud popping and bangs “like small explosions,” which he said he believes were the transformers exploding.
“It is crazy, it’s everywhere, in all the nooks and crannies of the Palisades. One home’s safe, the other one’s up in flames,” Adams said.
Actor James Woods posted footage of flames burning through bushes and past palm trees on a hill near his home. The towering orange flames billowed among the landscaped yards between the homes.
“Standing in my driveway, getting ready to evacuate,” Woods said in the short video on X.
Actor Steve Guttenberg, who lives in the Pacific Palisades, urged people who abandoned their cars to leave their keys behind so they could be moved to make way for fire trucks.
“This is not a parking lot,” Guttenberg told KTLA. “I have friends up there and they can’t evacuate. … I’m walking up there as far as I can moving cars.”
The erratic weather caused Biden to cancel plans to travel to inland Riverside County, where he was to announce the establishment of two new national monuments in the state. He remained in Los Angeles, where smoke was visible from his hotel, and was briefed on the wildfires. The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a grant to help reimburse California for the firefighting cost.
Some trees and vegetation on the grounds of the Getty Villa were burned by late Tuesday, but staff and the museum collection remain safe, Getty President Katherine Fleming said in a statement. The museum located on the eastern end of the Pacific Palisades is a separate campus of the world-famous Getty Museum that focuses on the art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome.
Film studios canceled two movie premieres due to the fire and windy weather, and the Los Angeles Unified School District said it temporarily relocated students from three campuses in the Pacific Palisades area.
Recent dry winds, including the notorious Santa Anas, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, where there’s been very little rain so far this season. Southern California hasn’t seen more than 0.1 inches (0.25 centimeters) of rain since early May.
Watson reported from San Diego and Har from San Francisco. Associated Press writers Christopher Weber and video journalist Eugene Garcia in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A lone sunbather sits and watches a large plume of smoke from a wildfire rise over the Pacific Palisades, in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The Palisades Fire burns a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire as it burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A surfer takes off on a wave in Santa Monica, Calif., during sunset under a blackened sky from the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Vehicles are left stranded off the side of the road after residents tried to flee from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighters make a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter tries to contain the Palisades Fire from a rooftop in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A residence burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter hoses down flames from the Palisades Fire in front of a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter tries to contain the Palisades Fire from a rooftop in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Will Adams uses a garden hose to keep flames from damaging his home as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Firefighters prepare for structure protection as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A line of vehicles crowds the road as residents flee from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Firefighters battle the advancing Palisades Fire as it damages a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Firefighters prepare for structure protection as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Heavy smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
A residence burns as a firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A lone beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Firefighters battle the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter protects a structure from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Firefighters protect structures from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A swimmer watches as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, in Santa Monica, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire around a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A field catches fire under a tree during the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A pair of firefighters try to protect themselves from flying embers from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Firefighters try to protect themselves from flying embers from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Firefighters stage in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles,Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
People wait with some belongings while fleeing the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A person flees from an advancing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire as it damages a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Heavy smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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Tall palm trees sway during extreme gusty winds in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A tree blocks a street after falling amid strengthening winds Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Northeast Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Christopher Weber)
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