The Los Angeles firestorms show how quickly wildfires can turn into urban fires.
Understanding how a brush fire becomes urban can help homeowners prepare their properties for future fires.
Related VideoStrong winds blow embers as the Palisades Fire burns homes on January 8.
David Swanson/AFP/Getty ImagesIf those little fires are close enough to the house, the flames can start to overtake the building.
ADHowever, photos from the aftermath so far in the Palisades don't seem to show surviving houses unique amid burned blocks.
Persons:
Apu Gomes, It's, Jack Cohen, Cohen isn't, David Swanson, Mario Tama, Etienne Laurent, Pat Durland, Cohen, Jay L, Durland, it's
Organizations:
US Forest Service, Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, Getty, Palisades, FEMA, AP, National Fire Protection Association
Locations:
Angeles, Los Angeles, AFP, Palisades, conflagrations, Eaton, Malibu