Los Angeles Fires 2025

DarkLord1984 said:
So I've just seen a report saying it was deliberately lit??
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There are different fires. From what I've read one of them (the Kenneth fire) may have been deliberately lit. I think the Kenneth one is the latest to ignite: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/01/10/la-wildfires-death-toll-doubles-new-fires-spread/

Seems like it's too early to say for some of the others, but faulty power lines are possibly to blame: https://www.latimes.com/california/...res-saw-massive-influx-in-faults-before-fires

First reports of the Eaton fire, for example, came from a couple that saw fire break out from what looks to be beneath power lines. They took pics: https://pasadenanow.com/main/the-moment-the-eaton-fire-ignited
 
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DarkLord1984 said:
So I've just seen a report saying it was deliberately lit??
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While not impossible there are more likely culprits:
https://www.latimes.com/california/...res-saw-massive-influx-in-faults-before-fires

Bob Marshall, the chief executive of Whisker Labs, said in an interview with The Times that the areas near the Eaton, Palisades and Hurst fires all saw massive increases in faults in the hours leading up to the fires. Faults on the power grid are caused by tree limbs hitting electrical wires or wires hitting one another, among other causes. Each fault causes a spark.
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Telegraph now reporting that an "arsonist with a flamethrower(!!!)" has been arrested:

An alleged arsonist suspected of sparking the latest fire in Los Angeles was found with what neighbours described as a “large propane tank or flamethrower”. Residents bundled the man to the ground and tied him up with zip ties in order to carry out a citizens’ arrest before police arrived at the scene in the West Hills.

“We really banded together as a group,” Renata Grinshpun told KLTA 5 TV channel. “A few gentlemen surrounded him and got him on his knees.”

Charles Dinsel, the senior lead officer, confirmed that a man was caught trying to start a fire. The suspect is reported to be homeless and in his 30s.

The cause and reason behind the Kenneth fire which broke out on Thursday afternoon still remains unclear, but officials say it is “being investigated as a crime”.

By 11pm on Thursday, the fire had burned through more than 1,000 acres and had reached 35 per cent containment. Officials said the “forward progress” of the blaze had been stopped with firefighters battling it overnight.
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Wing Attack Plan R said:
Just knock three times and we’ll let you in the side gate. Remember: we want free education, health care, gender equality, and a Raveonettes record in every home.
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Wait, The Raveonettes was your go-to Danish cultural export reference? I guess we are pretty slim in that area.
 
Mike Smalling said:
Wait, The Raveonettes was your go-to Danish cultural export reference? I guess we are pretty slim in that area.
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It's weird, right? Clearly Denmarks prime cultural export would be LEGO and butter cookies, right?
 
G3079 said:
It's weird, right? Clearly Denmarks prime cultural export would be LEGO and butter cookies, right?
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I was thinking specifically in terms of music, movies and TV shows, and we are falling short in that area it seems. If we widen it to all exports, it's Ozempic by a country mile. It was literally mentioned in the very first line of the Golden Globes opening monologue.
 
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