In the Los Angeles area, the burn scars that carry the highest risk are those from the Eaton and Palisades fires from January and the Bridge Fire from the fall.

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter learned firsthand about the dangers of sitting inside a vehicle pushed into the ocean by a large debris flow in the fire-ravaged Malibu area.

A member of the Los Angeles Fire Department saw his vehicle get swept into the Pacific Ocean after escaping the vehicle trapped in a large debris flow near Malibu Thursday evening.