(Adnkronos) – At least five people have died in the violent fires that have been raging around Los Angeles since yesterday and which are now threatening the Hollywood district, whose residents have been ordered to evacuate. The evacuation of the area was ordered while last night the flames began to devour the hills, a few hundred meters from Hollywood Boulevard and the famous Chinese Theater.
Another fire broke out in the evening also in the nearby neighborhood of Studio City, worrying the authorities. About 1,500 buildings were destroyed and more than 100,000 residents were forced to flee the flames. Authorities fear finding more victims. Los Angeles has been swept by “hurricane-force winds combined with extremely dry conditions,” Mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference last night, explaining the cause of the fires.
