Imperfect Paradise: LAist newsroom answers your questions about the fires

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Los Angeles County has been ravaged by multiple fires. Thousands of structures were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Angelenos have evacuated. Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido and correspondent Emily Guerin answer your most commonly asked questions about wildfires such as: Why are so many houses built in fire prone areas? How did the fires get so bad? What should I pack in my go bag? Plus, we get wildfire and evacuation advice from our podcast about wildfires, The Big Burn, with Science Reporter Jacob Margolis.

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0:00.0	It's Francis Lamb, host of the Splendent Table, and we are coming your way, L.A.
0:04.2	Join us for a special live taping in the show where I'll be talking with some of L.A.'s leading food writers and favorite chefs.
0:09.9	It's March 23 at the Aratani Theater. Tickets at LAist.com slash events.
0:15.5	Hi, this is Larry Mantle. This year marks the 40th anniversary of my program air talk.
0:22.9	On the show, we've discussed the biggest topics and events of the day from earthquakes to elections. Please join me for the biggest
0:27.5	conversation in Southern California for 40 years.
0:36.5	Hey, I'm Antonio Serejido. You're listening to Imperfect Paradise, a show about the gap between the dream and reality.
0:44.6	A gap that could not be more felt than it was this past week here in Los Angeles.
0:50.9	We wanted to start this episode by acknowledging the tragedy and grief our beautiful community here in Southern California has been experiencing.
0:59.9	As of this recording, on Thursday at 4 p.m., the Palisades Fire has burned more than 19,000 acres and destroyed or damaged more than 5,300 homes and businesses.
1:14.3	On the other side of the city, in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest, the
1:19.2	Eaton fire has burned more than 13,000 acres and destroyed another 5,000 structures.
1:27.0	There's also multiple smaller fires burning in L.A. County, including the sunset fire in the
1:32.7	Hollywood Hills and the Hearst and Kenneth fires in the San Fernando Valley.
1:38.3	Around 100,000 people have evacuated, and there have been five reported deaths so far.
1:48.6	These fires feel very personal. The flames are just miles from our radio studio in Pasadena.
1:56.2	Multiple colleagues of ours have had their homes burned down. The flames are currently
2:00.3	threatening our radio transmitter on Mount Wilson.
2:04.1	Next week, we are bringing you an episode detailing how and why Los Angeles burned in what
2:09.6	is already considered the largest and most destructive wildfire in Southern California history.
2:15.1	But this week, we wanted to offer an episode with tangible advice
2:18.7	and information on how to navigate this very scary precarious moment. Later in the episode,
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