Fox News anchor compares Los Angeles wildfires to damage in Hiroshima

Fox News host Jesse Watters has been criticized for comparing the damage caused by wildfires in Los Angeles to the aftermath of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. Waters explain“Parts of Pacific Palisades look like Hiroshima after the atomic bomb. Entire neighborhoods were destroyed. In Altadena, there were only about a dozen houses left in a community of 5,000 people.” Former NBC host Jay Leno interviewed by CNN tonight show, return explain“Looks like Hiroshima.”

As of January 13, 2025, the wildfires that started last Tuesday and were intensified by near-hurricane-force Santa Ana winds had killed at least 25 people, forced the evacuation of nearly 180,000 people, and destroyed or damaged more than 12,000 homes. people. structure. according to CNNthe fire “burned an area of ​​land larger than the French capital.” While there was a lot of sympathy for the people of Los Angeles who experienced a devastating start to the year, many felt it was inappropriate to compare it to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which occurred nearly 80 years ago. Caused tens of thousands of deaths.

Comparison of Los Angeles wildfires and Hiroshima bombing ‘offensive’

“Honestly, as someone who lives in a city, the fires are scary but people don’t have keloids like in Hiroshima so it’s a little different and people in the media don’t understand the severity of Hiroshima,” one wrote X user.

other additional”, “Comparing the Los Angeles fire to the Hiroshima fire is wrong. You compared fire to nuclear weapons, which actually killed a lot of people and also left various effects that lasted for decades. “

“Honestly, the comparison doesn’t feel good,” Tweet other. “Of course, I feel very sorry for the people of Los Angeles. However, in Hiroshima, over 100,000 civilians were burned alive. The radiation also killed many people. It was clearly a massacre and it would be disrespectful to compare the two. “

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