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Investigators have been trying to determine the Palisades fire’s exact point of origin and how, during a massive windstorm, it raced from the hills to the ocean.

Investigators hope it will help them determine how the Palisades fire ignited, the exact point of origin, and how, during a massive windstorm, it raced from the hills to the ocean.

Some homes that burned in the hills are above the basins.

“People don’t think of little hills as a conservation area, that they might not be important,” Delaney said.

Once inside, trucks lumbered up a long, curving road into the hills.