Death Toll From Los Angeles Wildfires Rises to 24 as Officials Zero in on Potential Source of Largest Inferno

Southern California anticipated to see ‘explosive fire growth’ as Santa Ana Winds whip back up to high speeds.

Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
Los Angeles Fire Department's Dylan Casey and Mike Alvarez work on extinguishing a hot spot in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway at Malibu. Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

Fire investigators are looking into the possibility that the cause for the deadly Palisades at Los Angeles might be attributable to dormant embers from a previous fire that broke out and was put down in the area on New Year’s Eve.

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