New LA fires - Hollywood Hills, Runyon Canyon. It's starting to look like ARSON to me.

[tenderfoot]

I can see the glow from the front of my building.

Random fires starting across the Valley eating up valuable resources and water. 🧐 But hey, what do I know.

[CousinIT]

1. The Trumpista Terrorist Regime (TTR)? Nt

[FalloutShelter]

3. Seems I'm not the only one

Entertaining this terrible thought.

[RockRaven]

7. Yes, it is also prominently being propagated by Alex Jones's Inforwars.

[stillcool]

12. Setting fires is not a group activity

[Oldvet]

26. To be fair

The burned areas so far, and the ones under threat, have been largely democrat voting neighborhoods.

[FalloutShelter]

10. Had not heard that.

[rollin74]

2. evacuation orders from Mulholland Dr to Hollywood Blvd

[rollin74]

4. Sunset Fire location and evacuation areas

can be seen here:
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/8/sunset-fire

[RockRaven]

5. They are reporting winds up to 100mph in gusts, sustained to 50mph.

Embers travel far and wide in such conditions.

[tenderfoot]

8. Those must of been some large embers to be able to jump two major highways all the way over to Runyon.

Plus, the winds have died down significantly - so this particular outburst seems VERY suspicious.

[Unladen Swallow]

14. Lit embers can travel over a mile

[tenderfoot]

21. Runyon Canyon is about 7-10 miles E from the Palisades and 15+ miles W of Altadena.

The winds were blowing West toward the Pacific. This fire was set.

[Nixie]

27. On the news, they were saying the embers can travel two

to three miles because of the hurricane like winds.

[ITAL]

19. That was yesterday

Winds have been way down so far tonight. That's not to say they may not strike back up, but last I saw the winds were about 12 miles an hour.

My folks are about a mile or two outside the evacuation zone the Runyon Canyon blaze, but keeping a close eye on the situation.

[tenderfoot]

22. Same.

I'm just outside the warning zone. I looked outside and saw that the glow has disappeared from the sky, so hopefully, it's under control.

[Jacson6]

6. Thirty years ago an arsonist with a flare burned down 600 homes in Santa Barbara.

They say that arsonists most of the time suffered from child abuse and want to vent their angry about it.

[tenderfoot]

13. Wasn't there a firefighter that was an arsonist out here awhile back?

eom

[Jacson6]

16. Yes, There are some FF arsonist that start a dumpster or wild fire so that they can respond to it and be the hero. n/t

[Raine]

11. Certainly seems that way, too many to be a oincidence. 🤬 nt

[Unladen Swallow]

15. When I said a few days ago "2025 is gonna be lit"

this is not what I meant.

[awesomerwb1]

34. Not funny

[Nixie]

17. This kind of chaos might attract the arson opportunists

for a pile-on fire, but it does seem like the origins have to do with the historic winds.

As I recall, when multiple fires like this have occurred, there have been a couple arsonists who piled on.

[IcyPeas]

18. There is total gridlock with people trying to leave. I mean traffic here is bad at the best of times.

[Retrograde]

20. A combination of things

no rainfall since spring; dried-out vegetation; dry off-shore winds - California can have horrific fires without arsonists: one of the big ones in the Bay Area was caused by a rare lightning storm. The terrain doesn't help, either.

[tenderfoot]

23. And then there's PG&E/Edison who have started many devastating fires around the State.

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eom

[CoopersDad]

35. I watched the lightning coming ashore that set off the Santa Cruz CZU fire.

Lucky to have an ocean view, it looked like this only worse.
This photo is from a news site.

[moondust]

24. Extremists?

Google "power grid attacks" for reminders of the attacks in 2022-24.

‘Is There Something More Sinister Going On?’ Authorities Fear Extremists Are Targeting U.S. Power Grid

DHS "very concerned" about white nationalist attacks on power grid

[chowder66]

25. Ok, THAT SUCKED. I'm near Franklin Village.

The evacuation area ended a little over 2 blocks to the west of me at the 101.
Was doing the NYT crossword when I smelled smoke and looked out my bedroom window to see the hill above Runyon on fire.
Then saw the helicopters lining up, waiting to take turns to dump water from Lake Hollywood.
Packed up my car and my parking is on the backside of the building. The street was bumper to bumper. I was thinking if they move that evacuation zone to include our neighborhood I'm stuck. I may have to walk out of here down to Hollywood, at night, carrying crap.
Talk about stress. I walked out to check the street and it was finally clear. Started to feel relieved.

Glad to see they let some fire companies leave because they have enough resources and made good progress.

Don't know if I'll sleep tonight.

[JoseBalow]

28. Mystery?

[rollin74]

29. now a NEW fire in Studio City burning structures

[tenderfoot]

30. Yep

[thebigidea]

31. Making me nice and nervous. I'm like 10 blocks away

helped a friend evacuate earlier today, packing up in case I have to next

[highplainsdem]

33. Was just watching some of the live coverage when it showed a house collapse in Studio City. The

@LosAngeles_Scan account on Twitter gave the exact address and I googled it. Less than a mile from where someone I knew lived, years ago. He and his wife are both gone now and their kids sold the house. Part of which had been built nearly a century ago. Not sure which direction the Studio City fire is burning,

[PlanetBev]

32. Absolutely!

I smell a 🐀. It’s a big one, too.