CNN’s Josh Campbell reports on what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is doing to try and pinpoint the source of the deadly wildfires that tore through the Los Angeles area.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the cause of the still-raging Palisades fire.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will take the lead in investigating the exact cause of multiple fires that have swept through the Los Angeles area.
Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are working with arson investigators to determine how the Palisades fire started.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has now taken the investigative lead in the Palisades Fire, where over 23,000 acres have now burned, and aerial imagery shows approximately 5,000 structures damaged or destroyed as of Monday.
Attorneys for a woman who is among thousands who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire outside Los Angeles say Southern California Edison crews working to repair and restore power in the area may have destroyed evidence that could help determine what sparked the wildfire.
Speculation about the cause of Los Angeles' devastating fires is rampant. The official investigations are now underway.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) says that more than 12,300 structures have been destroyed—though individual measures for Palisades and Eaton are less than this. Investigators are still working to measure the number of lost and damaged buildings.
The extreme red flag warning goes into place overnight and ends Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service says.
Lauren Boebert announced on Thursday that she and a fellow Republican in the House of Representatives have introduced legislation to abolish the Bureau ... Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Fire investigators are looking at a hiking area called Skull Rock as the potential point of origin for the destructive Palisades fire, which erupted on Jan. 7.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Monday announced that nine people have been charged in connection to residential burglaries in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, and one man was charged with arson for allegedly starting a fire in Azusa about 100 yards from the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.