New Crime Scene Photo Shows ‘Exact Spot’ Where LA Fire Started – EVOL

A chilling crime scene photo may mark the exact spot where the devastating Palisades Fire that has destroyed a swathe of Los Angeles started.

Part of the Temescal Ridge trail near Via Las Palmas and Via La Costa in LA’s Palisades-Highland community was seen cordoned off with crime scene tape Monday night.

The tape appeared to surround a burn scar, KTLA reported. Fireworks are illegal in LA, but Pacific Palisades teens are feared to have triggered an initial small blaze by setting off fireworks on the trail on New Years Eve.

Drought-like conditions and high winds mean that although that initial fire was put out, it may have smoldered for six days before re-igniting, investigators now believe according to sources to the San Francisco Chronicle.

‘There’s been no definitive determination that it is arson at this point,’ LAPD Asst. Chief Dominic Choi told the outlet. ‘But we are looking at every angle.’

It is the largest of at least six fires that have devastated the Los Angeles area to become the most destructive in modern California history.

At least 24 people losing their lives and over 12,000 buildings burning to the ground. The Palisades Fire has razed much of

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