How a week of fires changed the city of Los Angeles
A tour of the devastated areas reveals the destruction that the Eaton and Palisades blazes left in their wake
California had been preparing for disaster for years. Authorities had predicted that it would be caused by an earthquake, but it was a series of fires that changed the face of Los Angeles, the state’s main city. The blazes destroyed over 12,000 structures in one week. Residences, businesses, places of worship, and historic monuments to the east and west of the iconic city have ceased to exist. The most conservative estimates, although still preliminary, put the amount of damage at around $25 billion.
