Natalie Kittroff

Throughout the week, intense winds fueled new fires. There were more and more haunting images. There were roads full of charred cars, embers falling from the sky onto scorched palm trees, hollowed-out houses. And even though the fires were still burning, residents who had evacuated to safety began to return to survey what was lost. Oh, shit.

Throughout the week, intense winds fueled new fires. There were more and more haunting images. There were roads full of charred cars, embers falling from the sky onto scorched palm trees, hollowed-out houses. And even though the fires were still burning, residents who had evacuated to safety began to return to survey what was lost. Oh, shit.

My colleague, Emily Baumgartner Nunn, was driving up a street in the Palisades when she saw a woman named Naz Sykes hiking up a canyon with her husband, Steve.

My colleague, Emily Baumgartner Nunn, was driving up a street in the Palisades when she saw a woman named Naz Sykes hiking up a canyon with her husband, Steve.

Mike, we've seen this outburst among residents in L.A. of frustration and anger over the government's response to these fires. And there's been a lot of speculation about whether more could have been done. Take me through what happened with the efforts to contain the fires.

Mike, we've seen this outburst among residents in L.A. of frustration and anger over the government's response to these fires. And there's been a lot of speculation about whether more could have been done. Take me through what happened with the efforts to contain the fires.

So they're actively trying to guess, it sounds like, where the most vulnerable places are, and they're surging firefighters, water, resources to those areas.

So they're actively trying to guess, it sounds like, where the most vulnerable places are, and they're surging firefighters, water, resources to those areas.

At this point, do we know how the Palisades fire started?

At this point, do we know how the Palisades fire started?

Like what, for example?

Like what, for example?

It sounds like there's a lot of theories, but as of now, we don't really know the origin of this thing. But once it gets going, what happens?

It sounds like there's a lot of theories, but as of now, we don't really know the origin of this thing. But once it gets going, what happens?

The Eden Fire.

The Eden Fire.

Wow.

Wow.

So they depleted three million gallons of water, which to me sounds like a lot. But was there more that they could have or should have had access to?

So they depleted three million gallons of water, which to me sounds like a lot. But was there more that they could have or should have had access to?