Photos capture wildfires scorching Southern California homes, businesses
Multiple fires are burning in Los Angeles County
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Photos captured the multiple wildfires that Southern California firefighters have been battling.
Several of the fires raging in Los Angeles County were 0% contained as of Thursday morning.
The largest of them – the Palisades Fire – has blazed through over 17,200 acres since it started Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The spread of the Palisades Fire mapped (Fox News)
Homes burn as powerful winds drive the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.
Plumes of smoke are seen as a brushfire burns in Pacific Palisades, California on Jan. 7, 2025.
The Eaton and Sunset Fires have impacted 10,600 and 43 acres, respectively. The CalFire website listed their containment at 0% as of Thursday morning.
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Los Angeles County is also contending with two other blazes, the Hurst Fire and the Lidia Fire. The former, which began Tuesday, spans 855 acres and has been 10% contained, while the latter blaze was at 40%, according to CalFire.
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger described the wildfires as a "dynamic situation" during a Wednesday press conference.
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"Heed the advice of first responders," she said. "When they ask you to evacuate, evacuate. This is not a drill, this is happening in real-time."
Local officials have issued evacuation orders (Fox News)
Tens of thousands of people have been instructed to evacuate because of the fires, Fox News Digital reported.
A firefighting plane makes a drop on the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7. The Palisades fire is being pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds that were expected to continue for two more days.
Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire as a McDonald's fast food restaurant burns on Jan. 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.
Firefighters continue to battle wind and fire as homes go up in flames in Malibu along Pacific Coast Highway near Carbon Canyon Road in the Palisades Fire on Jan. 8, 2025.
People evacuate their home as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California on January 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations Tuesday as "life threatening" winds whipped the region. More than 200 acres (80 hectares) was burning in Pacific Palisades, a upscale spot with multi-million dollar homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, shuttering a key highway and blanketing the area with thick smoke. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP) (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Numerous homes and other structures have been caught up in the ongoing blazes.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was giving the state a fire management assistant grant to "help ensure the availability of vital resources" to fight the Hurst Fire.
Such grants have also been authorized for the Palisades and Eaton fires.