American Podcaster, Andrew Huberman has claimed he saw people lighting fires in urban areas of Los Angeles amid the devastating wildfires.
The 49-year-old Stanford neuroscientist claims to have witnessed an incident of people starting a fire ‘first hand’ in Santa Monica, near to Crescent Bay Park.
At least five people have lost their lives in the disaster so far with over 2,000 structures destroyed already.
Huberman took to social media platform X to share the footage, urging people to ‘call in any activity’.
He wrote:
‘People are lighting fires in otherwise non-burning urban areas of LA. ‘Saw this happen first hand in Santa Monica. Called it in & fire dept & police responded.
‘Stay safe and call in any activity ASAP. We don’t need more flames out here.’
The footage shows a group of men standing around a large fire as smoke billows into the sky, with one man seen filming the incident on his phone.
People are lighting fires in otherwise non-burning urban areas of LA. Saw this happen first hand at 302 Pico in Santa Monica. Called it in & fire dept & police responded. Stay safe and call in any activity ASAP. We don’t need more flames out here. pic.twitter.com/AZ4GLr6N3q
— Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. (@hubermanlab) January 9, 2025
However, it is unclear from the video how the fire was started.
