Fire-Scarred Los Angeles Braces for More Extreme Winds
- A new fire broke out at Oxnard in Ventura county overnight
- Blazes burning nearly a week have killed at least 24 people
Destroyed homes in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 13.
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Southern California is facing another round of dangerous fire weather, as crews struggle to contain wind-driven blazes that have paralyzed Los Angeles for nearly a week and killed at least 24 people.
Gusts are forecast to approach 70 miles (113 kilometers) per hour in Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Tuesday, with the region seeing “extremely critical fire weather conditions,” the US Weather Prediction Center said in an advisory. Peak winds over the next two days are expected to be weaker than last week, when the fires began, but still dangerous.