‘It’s the fog, baby’

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Jim Powers, Los Angeles County Fire Department assistant chief, said: “This morning Avalon fire will do a damage assessment. By 11 a.m we’ll have a crystal clear idea of the damage .... I think we’re very optimistic. Why? It’s the fog, baby.’

He said crews will be conducting a hazard assessment to check on the “wires down, rocks in the road, propane tanks that rolled off their foundations.”

‘That will help us establish which areas we can let residents back into,’ Powers said. ‘I think we’ll make very significant inroads in knocking the fire down around Avalon. But we have a lot of work to do in the drainages and canyons.’

--Louis Sahagun in Avalon