THE Los Angeles fires would be the US' biggest disaster, with its destructive cost estimated at $150 billion, 300,000 residents evacuated,10,000 buildings raised, 16 confirmed killed, with the fire area of 15,702 hectares equivalent to the size of Manila, Caloocan, Taguig and Pasig combined.
While we certainly sympathize with Americans' tragedy — especially with the multitude of Filipinos living there — we can't help pointing out that its scale and the controversies surrounding it reminds us of the Great Fire of Rome of 64 A.D. that humbled the Roman Empire. Indeed, as the Los Angeles fires haven't yet been put out today, the seventh day, more than the six days that Rome had burned.
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