This is how an LA scale wildfire would affect a German city
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The Palisades fire near Los Angeles has become California's largest active wildfire. To help European citizens understand the scale of devastation, the German news site NTV.de has made projections of the fire zone onto maps of German cities provide a striking perspective.
Cover photo: Burning streets, from Altadena near Los Angeles, photographed by a Maxar satellite on January 8, 2025.
Multiple large fires are currently raging in Los Angeles, reducing entire neighbourhoods of the United States' second-largest city to ashes. According to Cal Fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, these fires have burned through a combined area exceeding 109 square kilometers as of Thursday afternoon (Central European Time).
The Palisades fire, located on the western outskirts of Los Angeles, has so far consumed nearly 70 square kilometers. The impact of this disaster along the Pacific Coast is profound: over 2,000 buildings have been destroyed, several fatalities have been reported, and almost 200,000 residents have been forced to evacuate. 200,000 more are under evacuation warning.