In the catastrophic Palisades fire, one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares was severely damaged and large swaths of homes were reduced to smoldering rubble.
The new blaze lit up near Runyon Canyon, which is in the vicinity of iconic Los Angeles locations and tourist destinations. No homes were said to be damaged.
The Palisades Fire began as a brush fire on Tuesday morning amid wind gusts above 50 miles per hour. In less than an hour, smoke was billowing up, and the blaze would become a monster conflagration.
The stretch of Sunset Boulevard near the fire is lined with well-known venues and landmarks, including the TCL Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Bowl.
The Sunset Fire started as a brush fire in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills amid windstorm conditions. By mid-Thursday morning, the fire was stopped, an official said.
The adopted budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year increased the amount for the fire department to $819,637,423, according to a summary on the city administrative officer's website. That meant the department's funding saw a decrease of $17,553,814, rather than almost $23 million.
Los Angeles firefighters said no homes burned from the Sunset fire, which occurred near Runyon Canyon and sparked a momentary evacuation order for Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills.
The Sunset fire began burning in the Hollywood Hills between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park on Wednesday evening.
A wildfire sparked in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, as Los Angeles grapples with a second day of high wind gusts and dry fire conditions.
The Sunset Fire was first reported just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 2300 block of N. Solar Drive, near Wattles Park, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department ... a sprawling area between Laurel Canyon Boulevard and the 101 Freeway, from Mulholland ...
LOS ANGELES — Fire activity has decreased ... The city of Beverly Hills said on X that its fire department is closely monitoring the Sunset Fire, which sparked near homes and the popular Runyon ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department immediately issued an evacuation order for a densely populated area in the Hollywood Hills.