- Five people have died in the Eaton fire, and several others have been seriously injured.
- Red flag warnings remained in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County through Thursday.
More than 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been damaged or destroyed and at least five people are dead in wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit the region in memory.
The five bodies were found in three structures in Altadena, where the Eaton fire exploded Tuesday night, giving residents little time to flee. It is estimated that more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed in the Palisades fire and another 1,000 either damaged or destroyed in the Eaton fire, according to the L.A. County Fire Department.
Firefighting resources were strained further when the Sunset fire exploded in the Hollywood Hills area at around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, prompting evacuations around the Runyon Canyon area.
L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said that although there had been no fatalities in the Palisades fire, officials had seen “a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate, in addition to first responders who were on the fire line.”
The Eaton fire, which broke out Tuesday night, had burned 10,600 acres as of Wednesday evening near Altadena and Pasadena, whipped by wind gusts of up to 99 mph, Angeles National Forest staff wrote on X.