A timeline of the LA Fires from early weather warnings to rampant blazes

A newly compiled timeline of the wildfires devastating Los Angeles suggests the city’s fire department may have allowed a small blaze to gain a foothold and consume huge swaths of the city — and that the real problem may have started days before the blaze began.The timeline, compiled by the Washington Post, suggests the Los Angeles Fire Department took at least 45 minutes to respond to reports of smoke in a wooded area near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and that by the time they arrived, flames had spread to over 10 acres.From there it soon blossomed to 200 acres, as strong winds fueled the flames and sent embers flying as far as two miles away until nearly 30,000 acres were burning across the county.And the fiasco may have started days earlier due to another mishap — a New Year’s Eve fire in the exact same area that was poorly extinguished, and smoldered in the woods for days before re-igniting, the Washington Post theorized based on a detailed analysis of satellite images, radio communications, photos, videos and witness interviews....