Timeline: How the LA fires erupted into the worst natural disaster in California history – Independent UK
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For a ninth consecutive day, thousands of firefighters are still battling the wildfires that are ravaging Los Angeles County.
The Palisades and Eaton fires, along with other smaller blazes, have spread more than 40,000 acres (larger than the land area of Washington, DC), with the flames being fanned by a fierce windstorm known as the Santa Ana winds.
As of Wednesday morning, at least 25 lives had been lost, more than 12,000 homes and structures destroyed and hundreds of thousands of residents still placed under evacuation orders. The economic losses from the fires may reach $275 billion, according to estimates.
With slowing wind speeds earlier this week offering some respite, later on Tuesday, the National Weather Service warned that Angelenos are “not out of the woods yet”.
Firefighters are bracing for the return of bruising winds as the agency again declared a “particularly dangerous situation” – the most extreme advance warning – with local gusts expected to reach 65mph before sunrise up until noon on Wednesday.
Below is a timeline of key events from before the first blaze broke ou
