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Despite a curfew imposed because of the devastating wildfires, two individuals were apprehended by Los Angeles police outside the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris in Southern California.
After receiving a tip about a potential break-in at Harris’s Brentwood house at approximately 4:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, two suspects were apprehended, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, who spoke with KTLA.
Because the area was under an evacuation order, the two were arrested for curfew violations. However, they were immediately released because there was no indication that they were planning to commit a crime.
According to a law enforcement source who spoke with KNBC, the two “likely had no idea where they were.”
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Harris did not happen to be there when it happened. The typical combination of state and local police, the US Secret Service, and the residence is not known to have been altered as a result of the evacuation order.
The evacuation zones are under a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and the National Guard is helping to patrol them. The flames have resulted in the arrest of dozens of people who are believed to have looted. So far, orders have been issued to evacuate more than 150,000 individuals.
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The Palisades fire, the biggest and first of the flames engulfing the Los Angeles area, has grown in size and is now posing a growing threat to Brentwood. The threat may be amplified if Monday sees the return of heavy Santa Anna winds.
As of now, sixteen people have lost their lives in the fires. The Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, and Hurst fires burned more than 12,300 structures and charred an area greater than San Francisco—roughly 63 square miles—according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Joining the firefighting efforts, emergency services from nine other states have utilized 84 planes and 1,354 fire engines. More than fourteen thousand rescue workers have been sent into action.
Damage from the wildfires is estimated to be between $135 billion and $150 billion, making them the most expensive in U.S. history, according to a preliminary assessment from AccuWeather.