This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Radio-Canada
Los Angeles is preparing for the return of violent winds threatening to fan the fires which leave scenes of desolation in its metropolitan area and have now left 24 dead, according to a new report Sunday evening.
Besieged by flames since last Tuesday, the second most populous city in the United States continues to count its dead: the toll rose Sunday evening to 24 dead, according to the Los Angeles County forensic medicine service.
In areas from which the flames have since receded, housing estates are now nothing more than piles of ashes and debris, journalists from theAFP.
In the Altadena neighborhood, Jannell Gruss said she was afraid of dying as she evacuated horses from her stables after dark.
There was a lot of smoke, it was dark, I couldn’t see anythingshe tells theAFP from the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, where several equines were temporarily housed. I thought maybe I was going to be one of those victims you hear aboutshe relates, making the sign of the cross.
