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Sheriff, LAPD describe large evacuations, ongoing grid searches and curfew as repopulation delayed
Summary
Law enforcement described tens of thousands under evacuation orders and warnings, ongoing grid searches that have found remains, a countywide curfew and halted escort services while search-and-rescue and coroner procedures continue.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Dominic Choi said law enforcement is maintaining evacuations and curfews while conducting grid searches and coordinating with coroner and federal partners before repopulation of evacuated areas.
"We have over 92,000 people who are under evacuation orders, and approximately 89,000 people who are under evacuation warnings," Sheriff Robert Luna said, and he added that repopulation "will not occur until all areas are safe."
Luna said search-and-rescue teams had searched 1,874 properties through two days of operations in the county and that, in the…
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