More than two weeks after flames erupted in densely populated neighborhoods in Los Angeles, firefighters were still struggling to put out the Eaton and Palisades fires. Those blazes — which left at least 28 people dead and destroyed more than 16,000 homes and buildings — were fueled by an unusual winter drought and dry Santa Ana winds relentlessly barreling over California’s mountain ranges and toward the Pacific Ocean.
How Fire Containment Works and Why It’s Proved So Hard in California
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