Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Erik Scott

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A video released on Tuesday (January 14) featuring Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Erik Scott showed destroyed houses lining the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Los Angeles.&quot;We wanted to show you the amount of true destruction that took through here. So you get an idea of how much effort it&#x27;s going to take to clean all of this up,&quot; Scott said.Reuters was able to confirm the location from the shape of landscape elements, building design and road layout that match satellite and file imagery of the area. Reuters was not able to independently verify when the video was filmed.Firefighters on Tuesday held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/15/what-is-the-pink-stuff-coating-fire-ravaged-los-angeles-1851">READ: What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?</a></div>The Palisades Fire on the west edge of town held steady at 23,713 acres (96 square km) burned, and containment nudged up to 18% - a measurement of how much of the perimeter was under control.Some 8,500 firefighters from at least seven states and two foreign countries prevented the blazes from growing for the second day running. Still, the fires have consumed an area the size of Washington, D.C.<div>(Production: Daria Shamonova, Bernat Parera)</div>

A video released on Tuesday (January 14) featuring Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Erik Scott showed destroyed houses lining the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Los Angeles.

A video released on Tuesday (January 14) featuring Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Erik Scott showed destroyed houses lining the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Los Angeles.

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