As four massive fires engulf Los Angeles, critics are blaming the government for putting lives, homes, and businesses at risk.
Amid it all, Sam Digiovanna, chief at the Verdugo Fire Academy in Glendale, Calif., told The Epoch Times that more than 1,000 firefighters are doing their best “to stop the forward progress of this fire” and “get a containment line around it.”
“Our first priority is the protection of life, which means a lot of times we’re evacuating people and making sure people get out safely,” said Digiovanna, a former fire chief in Monrovia, part of Los Angeles County.
“Yesterday, three fires, beginning with the Palisades fire at 11 a.m., spread rapidly with dangerously high Santa Ana winds,” he said.
“Our biggest fear … was multiple fires breaking out one time,” he said. “No one knows the cause of the blaze. We’re still in a very dynamic firefighting state right now.” […]
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