Joe Biden used a briefing on the devastating Southern California fires to announce he would be a great-grandfather.
“The good news is, I’m a great-grandfather as of today!” Biden said.
“So I’ll remember this day for a lot longer,” he added.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom applauded next to Biden after the announcement.
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Biden uses a California wildfire briefing to announce he’s a great-grandfather — making it all about himself, as usual. Disgraceful. pic.twitter.com/vXYTsiEGqr
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 8, 2025
Multiple fires have ripped through Southern California Tuesday into Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of residents have evacuated.
The Pacific Palisades fire has burned over 5,000 acres.
At least two individuals have died and many others sustained injuries.
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CA WILDFIRE UPDATE:
– Two dead, many injured
– Tens of thousands of residents forced to evacuate homes
– Over 5,000 acres burned in Palisades
– Fire in Altadena is at 2,227 acres & remains at 0% containment
– Hurst Fire has scorched at least 500 acres pic.twitter.com/YuLQnnB76m— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 8, 2025
Per CBS News:
Multiple fires burning in Los Angeles County Wednesday prompted evacuation orders and warnings and damaged more than 1,000 structures. Two people are dead, Los Angeles County Fire Department chief Anthony Marrone said.
The Palisades Fire exploded in size as powerful winds hit northwest Los Angeles, forcing the evacuation of at least 30,000 residents in the affluent community of Pacific Palisades. The Eaton, Hurst and Woodley fires are also burning.
The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was first reported at 10:30 a.m. local time Tuesday and has grown to thousands of acres with zero containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire.
A second wildfire, the Eaton Fire, broke out Tuesday night in the hills above Altadena, a community in northern Los Angeles County, also prompting evacuation orders. Two people are dead due to the blaze, which burned at least 10,600 acres as of Wednesday morning, according to officials.
The Hurst Fire, a third blaze, erupted in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles late Tuesday night and quickly consumed hundreds of acres, CalFire said, forcing some evacuations.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Woodley Fire started early Wednesday morning.
There have been “a number of significant injuries” from the fires, according to officials, and tens of thousand of structures are threatened. Fire officials reported 0% containment of the four blazes.
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“This is like a 3rd world country”
Rick Caruso says there is 0 water coming out of the fire hydrants. Mayor Bass is in Ghana. pic.twitter.com/GPXmDVvLS1
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 8, 2025
This is what’s left of the Pacific Palisades. The mall survived. Most everything else is gone. Homes, apartment complexes… businesses. pic.twitter.com/Vfz721V48J
— Jonathan Vigliotti
(@JonVigliotti) January 8, 2025
KTLA reports:
The Eaton Fire continues to rage in Pasadena, east of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, and officials confirmed that two civilians have died in the blaze and an undetermined number of homes had been destroyed.
The fire was first reported at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday near Altadena Drive and Midwick Drive as hurricane-force Santa Ana winds whipped through the region.
ADVERTISEMENTAs of 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, it had exploded to 2,227 acres with no containment. Four hours later, officials with the U.S. Forest Service released an update that stated the blaze had grown to 10,600 acres.
L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna described the situation surrounding the Eaton Fire, the second-largest active wildfire in the Los Angeles area, during a Wednesday morning press conference as “very fluid.”
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