Five people killed as firefighters struggle to contain LA blazes | First Thing

Good morning. The wildfires tearing through Los Angeles have killed at least five people and burned almost 2,000 homes and buildings, with more than 130,000 people placed under evacuation orders. Winds began to lessen as firefighters from across California replaced exhausted crews, which include hundreds of incarcerated firefighters. But the LA city fire chief Kristin M Crowley said the region was “absolutely not out of danger yet,” with a new fire erupting in the Hollywood Hills. The LA county fire chief, Anthony Marrone, said on Wednesday morning there were “not enough firefighters in LA county” to address fires of the

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