Some Pacific Palisades residents are wondering if the devastating Palisades Fire is connected to a New Year’s Day blaze in the same area. ATF investigators continue to look at a hillside above a neighborhood in the Palisades Highlands area as a potential starting point for the horrific fire.

The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.