Palisades Fire levels oceanfront homes on PCH

SkyFOX gave us a look at the devastation left from the Palisades fire.

California fires are wreaking havoc on Los Angeles as crews battle several massive blazes, including the Kenneth Fire, Sunset Fire, Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Lidia Fire, Hurst Fire and Woodley Fire. Areas impacted include the Hollywood Hills, Pacific Palisades, West Hills, Altadena, Pasadena, Sylmar, Acton and parts of Ventura County.

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[kantstenchonthemel]

being this close to the water you would have feared a flood rather than a fire.

[bjodaddyo]

All those houses blocking beach access should NOT be rebuilt. That beach belongs to everyone and not just the rich.

[Lunamoth]

I don't care if you are a millionaire living in a mansion, a middle class person living in a modest house, a homeless person living in a makeshift shelter you constructed yourself, a bird living in a nest, or anything in between, but your home is your HOME. It is a refuge, a place to sleep in peace, where you go to rest when the world becomes too much. And when you lose your home, you lose that sense of safety, security, refuge and peace. It is devastating, heartbreaking, scary and and sad for any humans or animals to lose their home. Praying that all affected find peace and recover.

[Carpediem-le]

In my country it is not allowed to build houses so close to the sea. Beaches should be public property not private.

[Purplefishish]

Here in Denmark living by the water is also for the rich but they are not allowed to build this close to the water. That´s just insane

[ccsocal]

FYI, a lot of these beach homes are vacation and weekend homes and NOT primary homes! And county engineers stated a lot of the homes built on posts and pilings can't be rebuilt since they are not to code and grandfathered. Also, it is nice driving along PCH and actually seeing the pacific ocean, beach, and surf. Don't rebuild, the beaches are getting smaller each year and it will be nothing but problems.

[FalconsGirl]

The fact that the fires jumped certain homes is wild asf

[JamesSmith-xssr]

Myrtle Beach SC had homes next to the ocean wiped out during hurricane Hugo. Miles & miles. They were not allowed to rebuild on the beach. Went back to public access...

[faithinallthingsw]

The irony of being close to water and home burning is crazy 😮 shocking.

[dianewalker]

Those homes at the water should not be rebuilt. They should be cleared and become public beach.

[anthonyvalli]

I've driven this hundreds of times, thinking how cool it would be to own one of these houses on the beach. For people that don't know, these are 20 million dollar homes, many of them. And now they, along with the land the sat on, hold virtually no value whatsoever. Be grateful for the life you have. The rest is just "stuff."

[stephanegregoire]

For those who are wondering, yes that's right, concrete does not burn

[MrToLIL]

Right on the water, yet your house burns down, crazy.

[NinjaOrchids]

That stretch of road has become scenic again without the properties blocking the view

[snpxox]

the homes that survived are NO accident. those are people who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on fire resistant materials, building strategies, and prevention.

[blackrhino]

Lahaina all over again. Coastal commission will NEVER let those homes be rebuilt.

[chipsutcliffe]

These are all extremely expensive homes. I feel for the residents of neighborhoods like Altadena that struggled to afford their modest homes, and many couldn't afford the insurance. Many elderly have lost absolutely everything and are completely helpless, hopeless.

[eudilynrosas]

The houses is near at sea it can save to stop the fire.

[ceno]

finally people can see the ocean during the drive!

[bobroll]

In 2018 the Paradise, California Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Shortly thereafter, the ‘This Old House’ program on PBS dedicated a brief season to that community as the show helped rebuild one of the local residents’ homes. In one of the episodes of that short season, the show’s hosts carefully explained many simple steps that homeowners can take to dramatically reduce the likelihood of their homes being destroyed by a flash fire. Their advice included such things as closing in the eaves of the house so that sparks can’t get into the attic, installing fire resistant window glass and fire-retardant roof shingles, as well as not having wood structures or piles of firewood stored near the house, nor bushes grown against the house. Aerial footage of the Paradise, California community in the aftermath showed acres of homes destroyed, yet well-protected homes right in the middle of the fire’s path remained intact.
When I now look at some of the aerial footage of the communities devastated by this week’s fires in California, I can’t help but notice how many neighborhood trees survived while the surrounding homes were destroyed. Apparently, even the trees can resist fire better than the matchstick homes that were built in those neighborhoods. The bottom line is that nothing was learned from the Camp Fire tragedy. I have great sympathy for those who died, were injured, or who lost loved ones. However, to paraphrase an old adage: “You can lead Californians to water, but you can’t make them think!”