Jan. 13 (UPI) — More than 92,000 residents in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders as wildfires continue to rage in southern California with looming winds at an “extremely critical” stage, according to multiple reports.
At least 24 people are dead and dozens still missing, officials say. Meanwhile, about 15,000 firefighters from multiple states and Canada and Mexico also are joined in the continuing fight against the flames.
“My top priority, and the priority of everyone else, is to do everything we can to protect lives,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said at Monday’s news conference as she went over the city’s plan to contain the ongoing wildfires. Bass has been under fire in recent days over authorities response to the fires and what lead up to them.
Nearly 39,000 acres so far have been lost to the flames in the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires…