Normal Fire Department explains scale of Los Angeles fires

Posted on January 14, 2025
A map, made by the Normal Fire Dept., showcases what the fires would look like in Normal. (Photo courtesy: Normal Fire Dept./Facebook)

By WMBD

NORMAL – The Normal Fire Department is letting people know just how massive the Los Angeles fires have been over the last two days.

A Facebook post the fire department posted this weekend went viral. The post explains that just the Palisades fire would cover more than double the area of the entire town of Normal.

Matt Swaney, the public information officer with the Normal Fire Department, said he hopes the post clears up misinformation about the fires.

“There’s a lack of education on how a lot of things work,” Swaney said. “And so people will try to make connections to make it make sense because you just can’t wrap your head around something like this. It’s important for people when they’re hearing information from a disaster area to know that that information is coming as fast as possible. But it has to be verified because people can get hurt, people can get killed if they’re given misinformation or wrong information”

Information on how you can donate to those impacted by the fires is available here.

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