Two Biggest California Wildfires Still 0% Contained

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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The biggest fire right now remains the Palisades Fire near Santa Monica, burning more than 17,000 acres. Today, officials are facing questions and criticism over the city’s response to the fires. We speak with the Los Angeles County fire chief. Plus, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to CNN after announcing his resignation. And President Joe Biden addresses the massive California wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.7	I'm Dick Tapper.
0:37.3	We're going to begin with our breaking news. When I last spoke with you yesterday afternoon, we were tracking four major wildfires in the Los Angeles area, and today that number is five. The biggest fire right now remains the Palisades fire near Santa Monica. Take a look at some of the devastation already left in that fire's wake.
0:56.0	What used to be the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, this fire is burning more than 17,000 acres.
1:02.0	0% of it as of now is contained, 0%.
1:06.0	The Eaton fire near Pasadena is also 0% contained, more than 10,000 acres.
1:12.6	The newest fire is called the sunset fire.
1:14.6	It broke out in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood last night,
1:17.6	prompting even more evacuations in the area.
1:19.6	As of now, that is 0% contained.
1:21.6	It's only 43 acres.
1:23.6	The flames last night were approaching iconic parts of Hollywood, including the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.
1:33.3	By that point, though, the wind speed had slowed enough for area firefighters to battle the flames by air, potentially averting, at least for now, a different level of disaster.
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