Wind-driven Los Angeles wildfire leaves 1 dead, forces 100,000 to flee

LOS ANGELES - A fierce, wind-driven wildfire swept through foothills and canyons along the northern edge of Los Angeles on Friday , engulfing homes, closing roads and engulfing acre upon acre of dry brush and chaparral as 100,000 residents were forced to flee.

As water-dropping helicopters and airplane tankers carrying fire retardant fought the flames from the air, ground crews battled the blaze at close range with hand tools and bulldozers, while firefighters lugging hoses from house to house scrambled to protect threatened neighbourhoods. "This is a very dynamic fire," Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas told reporters, as he urged residents in harm's way to heed evacuation orders."Do not wait to leave."

Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday the unprecedented measure was the fault of years of mismanagement by the utility. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it had authorized the use of federal funds to assist California in fighting the Saddleridge fire. The Saddleridge and Sandalwood fires were among the latest of roughly 275 wildfires that have broken out so far this year in California. They follow one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire seasons on record in the state, one that claimed about 100 lives in 2018 and caused billions of dollars in property damage.

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