Huge swaths of Los Angeles County are on fire.
There’s more than enough water in the reservoirs to drown this fire in acre-feet of water, but the fires are localized and local water tanks are too small to quench the blaze using hydrants. Neighborhood hydrants are built for internal house fires, not external conflagrations.
A huge portion of the firefighters risking their lives to fight this blaze are inmates working to reduce their incarceration time.
Folks losing their homes are desperate to find housing for their pets, from dogs and cats to horses, goats, and tortoises.
The four photos after the first fire-context post from Will Bunch, are pictures taken by Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for the Associated Press.
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