Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.

Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar as progress is made by firefighters, authorities said Thursday.

Fire crews are working to contain a new wildfire that has erupted near the Hanson Canyon Dam in the northeast San Fernando Valley. Sky 5 is overhead.

The new alert is an unprecedented fifth issuance of a “particularly dangerous situation” enhancement to a red flag warning in a single season by the weather service’s Oxnard office, which covers Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

The Palisades fire grew to 21,596 acres overnight, with evacuations expanding rapidly in Encino, Tarzana and Brentwood as flames threatened homes in Mandeville Canyon. Six helicopters flew throughout the night, dropping water on the blaze as it entered its 5th day Saturday. Containment grew from 8% to 11% overnight, according to Cal Fire.

Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather Service said. Parts of L.A. County, and most of Ventura County, are at highest risk.

Firefighters are hoping for a break Friday from the fierce winds that have fueled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area ... the Kenneth Fire started in the San Fernando Valley.

LOS ANGELES − Residents across Los Angeles County received an erroneous evacuation warning as fires continue to blaze across Southern California. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a post on X that the warning was intended to be for areas ...

The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner ... and many people in the San Fernando Valley and Brentwood reportedly left voluntarily, Cal Fire reported that UCLA students were not ordered to ...

As it turns out, there was a growing need for air purifiers amongst those still living within the vicinity of the Eaton Fire

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