Crazy fires in Los Angeles

[jpaul]

c4 news had suggested rebuild costs 6BN->13BN , and american underwriters have been paying out 60bn avg for last 5 years from other incidents, with sub 20 before that,
main california underwriter total liabilities 38bn , but they only have assets of some 400M.

 

[koolpc]

This is just unbelievable:

 

[Rroff]

This is just unbelievable:

I'm just really really thankful that kind of thing doesn't tend to happen here.

 

[Azza]

Unbelievable levels of destruction.

A new fire has broken out in an area north of Palisades called West Hills, named Kenneth Fire, where there are lots of trees and brush, but it's quite hilly so very difficult to get too other than by air resource and more windy that down by the coast and it's already 50 acres in size.

 

[arknor]

This is just unbelievable:

look how close all the homes were though, and they will all have had trees and bushes etc for privacy barriers.

in a drought its just a massive hazard

 

[Azza]

Watching this currently.

This new fire is moving at a ridiculous pace, There is a 385 home gated community called Mountain View that's basically surrounded and the fire is now like 50 meters if that from property boundaries at the protection lines.

 

[bingham67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877197697523818501

If you know, you know

 

[b0rn2sk8]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877197697523818501

If you know, you know

GTAV?

 

[bingham67]

BBC saying Kenneth fire is possible arson some absolute idiots out there, how can you do that after what happened.

 

[Grim5]

BBC saying Kenneth fire is possible arson some absolute idiots out there, how can you do that after what happened.

Not surprised at all, As I said before, 90% of wild/bush fires are started by humans, either accidentally or on purpose.

Police say they've arrested the culprit. I hope he gets life in prison, over 10k houses and businesses have now been completely destroyed

 

[Rroff]

BBC saying Kenneth fire is possible arson some absolute idiots out there, how can you do that after what happened.

Could be all sorts but the uglier side of many of US's big urban areas - lots of homeless, etc. some of which aren't all there (drugs and/or mental issues that have been failed by the system) and would love nothing better than to see the world burn.