甚至作为四个野火周三洛杉矶县继续燃烧，居民准备迎接新一轮危险的大风，大火已经改写了记录。
在过去的八天里，美国第二大都会区发生了七起火灾，肆虐的总面积超过了旧金山市的40平方英里，几乎是纽约曼哈顿的两倍。
根据加州林业和消防部门(Cal Fire)的说法，帕利塞德和伊顿大火这两个最大的地狱现在是加州历史上最具破坏性的火灾之一。
截至周二，伊顿大火烧毁了14，117英亩土地，摧毁了7，000多座建筑，是加州历史上第二大破坏性火灾，仅次于加利福尼亚州北部布特县的2018年营地大火，这场大火吞噬了153，336英亩土地，夷平了18，804座建筑。
在摧毁了5000多座建筑并烧毁了23713英亩干旱炙烤的土地后，帕利塞德大火在加州最具破坏性的野火名单中飙升至第四位。
组成火灾区域的62平方英里只是组成整个洛杉矶县的4083平方英里的一部分。
关于火灾的死亡人数，洛杉矶县法医正在调查与伊顿火灾有关的16起死亡事件。这使它成为该州历史上第五大致命的野火，跨越了三场分别导致15人死亡的火灾-1953年北加州的响尾蛇火灾，2003年圣地亚哥的雪松火灾和2020年北加州巴特、普卢马斯和尤巴县的北复杂火灾。
法医正在调查与太平洋帕利塞德海滨社区帕利塞德火灾有关的九起死亡事件，该火灾在加州最致命的野火名单中排名第14位。
伊顿和帕利塞德的火灾共烧毁了相当于2324个洛杉矶纪念体育馆的面积，这是美国最大的足球场之一。
据加州消防称，周二，帕利塞德的火势控制了19%。伊顿大火被控制了45%。
富国银行和高盛公司在2007年估计，火灾预计将使保险公司损失高达300亿美元一份报告本周发布。报告称，在计入非保险损失后，总成本将飙升至400亿美元。
周三是国家气象局(NWS)连续第三天发布罕见的洛杉矶县“特别危险情况”红色警报。
超过15，000名消防队员，包括来自该州和该国以外的人员，周三争先恐后地在新的圣安娜风力事件预测之前扑灭热点，该预测将以高达70英里/小时的阵风袭击该地区。
洛杉矶消防局局长克里斯汀·克劳利在新闻发布会上说:“这里的每个人都敦促你保持警惕，因为危险尚未过去。”。
LAFD上尉希拉·凯利赫告诉美国广播公司新闻说新风事件消防队员和设备已经预先部署在脆弱的地区，空中加油机已经在燃烧区前面的山坡上涂上了“一吨阻燃剂”
“所以，如果这里真的刮起大风，我们已经做好了准备，”凯利赫说。
凯利赫说，一个大问题是保护尚未出现火灾的社区，如洛杉矶市中心东北约30英里的圣克拉丽塔山谷，以及洛杉矶市中心西北101号高速公路走廊沿线
凯利赫说:“我认为还没有发生的开始是让我们保持乐观的原因。”。
这火灾的原因仍在接受联邦酒精、烟草、火器和爆炸物管理局的调查。
与此同时，联邦应急管理局报告说，它已经收到了超过40，000份紧急救灾援助申请。
约8万人仍处于强制疏散状态。
像阿尔塔迪纳的扎伊尔·卡尔文这样的火灾受害者，他的妹妹伊夫林·麦克伦登在烧毁他们家房子的大火中丧生，想到像伊顿大火那样的另一场大火，他们不寒而栗。
“它看起来像一座火山，”卡尔文告诉美国广播公司新闻。“当你哀悼你姐姐的死时，没有真正的理解。没有理解。根本没办法接受。”
卡尔文说，像他这样的生活被大火打乱的居民，在决定是否重建时，面临着不确定的未来。
“每个人都在战斗，”卡尔文说。“每个人都在问，互相靠着说，‘下一步是什么?“最好的办法是什么，”"
LA fires rewriting record books as residents brace for next bout with dangerous winds
Even as fourwildfirescontinued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday and residents braced for a new round of dangerous winds, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.
Over the last eight days, seven fires have broken out across the nation's second-largest metropolitan area, ravaging a combined area bigger than the 40 square miles that comprise the city of San Francisco and nearly twice the size of Manhattan, New York.
The two biggest infernos, the Palisades and the Eaton fires are now among the most destructive blazes in California history, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
As of Tuesday, the Eaton Fire, which has burned 14,117 acres and destroyed more than 7,000 structures, was the second most destructive fire in state history behind the 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California's Butte County, which consumed 153,336 acres and leveled 18,804 structures, according to Cal Fire.
The Palisades Fire has surged to fourth on Cal Fire's list of most destructive wildfires in the Golden State after destroying more than 5,000 structures and burning 23,713 acres of drought-parched land.
The 62 square miles comprising the fire zones is just a part of the 4,083 square miles that make up all L.A. County.
Regarding the death toll from the fires, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner is investigating 16 deaths in connection with the Eaton Fire. That makes it the fifth deadliest wildfire in state history, leaping over three fires that each caused 15 deaths -- the Rattlesnake Fire of 1953 in Northern California, the 2003 Cedar Fire in San Diego and the 2020 North Complex Fire in Northern California's Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties.
The medical examiner is investigating nine deaths in connection with the Palisades Fire in the oceanfront community of Pacific Palisades, which ranks 14 on the list of deadliest California wildfires.
The Eaton and Palisades fires combined have burned an area the equivalent of 2,324 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseums, one of the biggest football stadiums in the country.
The Palisades Fire was 19% contained on Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. The Eaton Fire was 45% contained.
The fires are expected to cost insurers as much as $30 billion, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs estimated ina reportreleased this week. After accounting for non-insured damages, the total costs will balloon to $40 billion, the report said.
Wednesday marked the third straight day the National Weather Service (NWS) had issued a rare "particularly dangerous situation" red flag alert for Los Angeles County.
More than 15,000 firefighters, including crews from outside the state and nation, were scrambling Wednesday to put out hotspots ahead a new Santa Ana wind event forecast to buffet the region with up to 70 mph gusts.
"Everybody here urges you to remain alert as danger has not yet passed," Chief Kristin Crowley of the Los Angeles Fire Department said at a news conference.
LAFD Capt. Sheila Kelliher told ABC News that in anticipation of thenew wind event, fire crews and equipment have been pre-positioned in vulnerable areas and that air tankers have coated hillsides in front of burn areas "with a ton of fire retardant."
"So, we're ready if the winds do kick up over here," Kelliher said.
Kelliher said a big concern was protecting communities where no fires have yet to emerge like the Santa Clarita Valley, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, and along the Highway 101 corridor northwest of downtown L.A.
"The start that hasn't happened I think is what kind of keeps us up," Kelliher said.
Thecauses of the firesremain under investigation by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Meanwhile, FEMA is reporting that it has received more than 40,000 applications for emergency disaster aid.
About 80,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation.
Fire victims like Zaire Calvin of Altadena, whose sister Evelyn McClendon perished in a blaze that burned down their family home, shuddered to think of another blaze like the Eaton Fire igniting.
"It looked like a volcano," Calvin told ABC News. "When you're mourning your sister's death, there's no real understanding. There's no understanding. There's no way to even take it in."
Calvin said residents like him, whose lives have been upturned by the fires, face an uncertain future as they decide whether to rebuild.
"Everyone is fighting," Calvin said. "Everyone is literally just asking, leaning on each other to say, 'What's next? What's the best thing to do?'"
