The death toll from the Los Angeles fires has risen to 16, the county medical examiner announced. According to the coroner’s office, 11 bodies have been found so far in the area devastated by the Eaton fire, near the city of Altadena, and five people have died in the Palisades firein the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
Over 153,000 Los Angeles citizens have received evacuation orders due to the fires that have been devastating the county for days. NBC news reports it. The most worrying front, according to the authorities, is the Palisades fire, “a multi-headed monster with the possibility of growth in different directions”, given the thick vegetation in the area, explained David Ortiz, spokesman for the Los Angeles fire department Angeles. Currently, this fire is only 11% contained.