2 More Victims of Palisades Fire Have Been Identified Nearly 1 Month After Blaze Began
Mar. 15, 2025Aftermath of fire in Pacific Palisades and along Pacific Coast Highway.Photo:David Hume Kennerly/Getty
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TheCounty of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Officehas identified the two victims as 32-year-old Rory Sykes and 79-year-old Elizabeth Morgan.
Sykes was pronounced dead on Sunday, Jan. 12, after he was found dead at his residence in the 1700 block of Rambla Pacifico Street in Malibu.
His cause of death has been ruled as “inhalation of products of combustion and thermal injuries.”
Morgan was pronounced dead on Monday, Jan. 20, after she was found dead at her residence in the 20 block of Aloha Drive in Pacific Palisades. Her cause of death has not been released.
Residents evacuate their home as a brush fire burns on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty
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The death toll from the L.A. firescurrently sits at 29. Sykes and Morgan are now the 19th and 20th fire victims to be identified.
Twelve of the deaths have been linked to the Palisades Fire, which began on Jan. 7 and burned 23,448 acres of land and is now 100% contained, according to Cal Fire.
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Another 17 deaths have been linked to theEaton Fire, which burned 14,021 acres of land.
The Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades California on January 7, 2025.ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty
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Pacific Coast Highway was supposed to fully reopen this week after being closed for nearly a month due to the fires, according to the CW affiliateKTLA.
The storms are expected to bring at least an inch of rain to some of the fire-impacted areas from Tuesday to Thursday, Feb. 6, according to theNational Weather Service (NWS) office in Los Angeles.
However, forecasters say “the chance for flash flooding and mud and debris flowsis still low.”
source: people.com
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