‘There’s literally nothing’: surrounded by destruction, Los Angeles begins to process scale of loss Returning Pacific Palisades residents were grieving not just homes turned to ash, but memories buried amid the rubble.
The Palisades fire is one of several major blazes that have exploded across Los Angeles since Tuesday, fanned by extreme winds fueled through parched landscapes.
Preliminary estimates based on satellite imagery indicate that across Los Angeles county, more than 12,000 structures have been lost.
“It’s not just about your own house – it’s about the loss of your community,” said Ricky Gordon, who bought her Palisades home in 1987.
Some residents have been able to return to the neighborhoods they had to evacuate, many hiking or biking through the backroads up through the burned canyons to reach areas that are still closed.
