Former Cal OES director Mark Ghilarducci weighs in on LA wildfires, preparation and political discourse

Former Cal OES director Mark Ghilarducci weighs in on LA wildfires, preparation and political discourse

California's former top emergency management official, Mark Ghilarducci, has spent the last 40 years responding to major disasters across the globe and now from a far, has been monitoring the destruction of the wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Former anchor reacts to wildfires in California

LOS ANGELES (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -It’s been more than a week since the wildfires broke out in the palisades and in Altadena, California. Many people having to evacuate and losing their homes. “It’s just devastating, the fire just started and in a number of hours had taken over, I don’t know how many acres, but many many acres,” said Sky Yancey, a former ABC 36 anchor who now lives in the Malibu area. Yancey says she and her husband had packed their…

The number of deaths due to wildfires in California increased

During a press conference on January 16 (US time), Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced that search teams are still combing through the rubble to find victims, so the death toll may increase. Mr. Luna added that authorities are preventing people from going to some areas “because we believe there may be deceased victims.” A house destroyed by the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades area of ​​Los Angeles, California Tens of thousa…