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The Pacific Palisades wildfire, driven by high Santa Ana winds, caused an evacuation order for 30,000 Los Angeles area residents on Jan. 7th, 2025, the second major fire in a month. Then, the Eaton Fire, which started about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday north of Pasadena in the Altadena area, exploded in size to 16.6 square miles by late Wednesday morning, according to fire officials with an evacuation order for 50,000 residents. The Hurst Fire started about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and prompted evacuations in Sylmar, a San Fernando Valley community in the northernmost neighborhood in Los Angeles. That fire had grown to nearly a square mile by early Wednesday. By Thursday, at least five fires were burning covering more than 45 square miles, sparked by dry conditions and powerful winds, causing unprecedented scenes in areas not known for fires, with 179,000 people forced to flee, and thousands of structures lost. Each fire has had wind gusts from 85-100 miles per hour. What is causing these fires?
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