India, Jan. 29 -- Human-induced climate change has been identified as the usual suspect that fuelled the hot, dry and windy conditions that made Los Angeles fires about 35 per cent more likely, according to a recently released report.

Global average temperatures, for the first time, crossed 1.5 degrees Celsius in 2024. If temperatures increase to 2.6C as expected by 2100, the likeliness of such fire-prone conditions will further by 35 per cent, warns the World Weather Attribution report, carried out by 32 researchers, including leading wildfire scientists from the United States and Europe.

Starting January 7, two fires broke out in the Palisades and Eaton counties in Los Angeles, California. Over the next few weeks, new fires were repor...