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Cal Fire reported the Laguna Fire remains at 0% containment, while the Sepulveda Fire is 60% contained, as of 1 p.m. PT.
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
As of Thursday night, containment of the fire had jumped to 75%, according to Cal Fire.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
At the time of publication, the Palisades Fire was at 98% containment, while the Eaton Fire was at 99% containment.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Those steep canyons were too treacherous to hike into—a broken ankle would require an air evacuation—so the crew’s assignment was to create a mile-long containment line in the peaks west of Mount Wilson Observatory.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
As of Thursday night, containment of the fire had jumped to 75%, according to Cal Fire.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
At the time of publication, the Palisades Fire was at 98% containment, while the Eaton Fire was at 99% containment.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Those steep canyons were too treacherous to hike into—a broken ankle would require an air evacuation—so the crew’s assignment was to create a mile-long containment line in the peaks west of Mount Wilson Observatory.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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