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Paradise. I'm Antonio Sidae. It's been three weeks since Los Angeles

first experienced a windstorm that caused two of the most destructive and deadly fires in

Southern California history. As of this recording, on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 21st, the Palisades Fire has caused 10 deaths, the destruction of an estimated 5,000 structures, and is 52% contained.

The eaten fire on the east side has caused the death of 17 civilians, destroyed a little under 10,000 structures, and is at 81% containment.

And many of us are asking, why and how did this happen?

We all know that Southern California is a fire-prone area.

But how did it get so bad?

And what can we do to prevent it from happening in the future?

There are investigations underway into the causes of the Palisades and Eden fires. Different media

outlets have reported that investigators are looking into whether the Palisades fire is a

rekindling of an earlier fire caused by fireworks from New Year's Eve,

and whether an electrical transmission line in the Eden Canyon area could be the root cause of the Eaton fire.

We don't have concrete answers yet, so instead we're taking a step back.

In 2022, LA has put. has put out The Big Burn, a show about why wildfires have gotten so bad in California

and what we can do about it. I encourage you to check out the whole show, but there's one

episode that feels especially urgent right now, the Southern

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