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Fire crews urge Californians to stay vigilant as winds increase again
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1/14/2025
AccuWeather's Bill Wadell reported live from Malibu on Jan. 14 as the wildfire threat ramped up once again in Southern California.
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And bill joins us live from Malibu, California
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Firefighters are concerned about gusty winds
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Ramping back up tonight over the next 20 next 12 hours, especially bill
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Yeah, that's right Jeffrey good afternoon to you light winds down here along the Pacific Coast Highway right now at least on this stretch
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We've seen gusts 10 15 to 20 miles an hour at times and wind gusts reported 40 to 50 mile an hour range up in the mountains
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Fire crews keeping a very close eye on this situation because if we see the wind direction make a little bit more of
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Change to the northeast that's when we're we can see that full effect of the Santa Ana winds being amplified
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But those winds just racing through the canyons down the mountains
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Tough situation to see here in Malibu
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These are just some of the multi-million dollar homes right along the Pacific Coast Highway that were destroyed by last week's fast-moving
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Wind-driven infernos and over on this side
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Well, the fire crews are up in the mountains working on the containment lines keeping a close eye on the wind situation
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Utility trucks most of them have actually just passed by now
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But these crews are basically taking out the large utility poles. They're doing damage assessments
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What to do with all of these downed power lines amid the damage where to start the repairs first
01:17
So there's a lot of work going on here on both ends both containing these fires
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but also starting the very slow and complicated process of cleaning up this mess, but
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Bree and Jeff the one thing the firefighters have been telling us. They don't want people to let their guard down this afternoon
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Yes, we've got clear blue skies. It feels like a beautiful afternoon here in Malibu, but we could feel the wind picking up
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We're starting to see some more ash blowing around and we know it just takes a matter of moments for the wind speeds to kick
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Change direction a few embers carried and we could have a very dangerous situation unfolding
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So that's why people in this area are being urged to stay vigilant
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Stay prepared have those go bags ready as you can imagine a lot of nerves for people here waiting this next 12 to 24 hours
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Knowing the threat with the wind and the potential that these fires could spread or possibly we could even see new fire spark
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All right, we appreciate your reporting there bill a lot of concerns just west of there and for Bill Waddell with the latest on the California
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