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Los Angeles Arsonist Setting Palm Tree on Fire Caught on Video
A man has been caught on a Ring camera video setting a palm tree on fire in Los Angeles, where wildfires continue to burn. The video shows a man in a hoodie lighting a low-hanging palm frond in ...
LA Times on MSN13dOpinion
Column: Slow the spread of fire? ‘We have to get rid of the palm trees’
Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading flames, but fire-resistant landscaping helps. It ...
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No More Palm Trees, and Six Other Ways L.A. Can Protect Itself From Wildfires
Los Angeles has its own problem plant: palms. Many palm species, once they catch fire ... foot perimeter of a building and requires that tree canopies be at least 10 feet away.