"L.A. Wildfires Damage to Cities in 40 Years... 27 dead"

A large wildfire in Los Angeles, the United States, has caused the most damage in California's urban areas in the last 40 years.

The Associated Press analyzed fire data from the University of Wisconsin's Silvis Laboratory and reported that the wildfire was California's most damaging case for densely populated cities since the mid-1980s.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the affected areas of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in LA County on the 7th have so far been 96 square kilometers (㎢) and 57.1 square kilometers (㎢), respectively.

Except for forest areas, the AP analyzed that urban areas alone burned 10.4 square kilometers (㎢), more than double the urban damage of the 2018 "Ulsi Wildfire" in LA.

The Woolsey wildfire was larger than the Palisades and Eaton wildfires, but most of the burned areas were uninhabited.

The AP attributed the increased damage to urban areas to climate change that caused severe drought, expanding the city into the mountains, and unusually strong gusts.

As the L.A. wildfires continue for the 11th day, the containment rates of both wildfires are 31% for the Palisades wildfires and 65% for the Eton wildfires, with the death toll rising to 27.