Greater Los Angeles County wildfires continued to rage and grow Wednesday fueled by fierce winds. At least three major blazes grew without much containment killing at least five and forcing the evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
The three major fires burning late Wednesday:
The Palisades Fire (15,000 acres burning near Pacific Palisades and Malibu).
The Eaton Fire (10,000 acres burning northeast of Pasadena).
The Hurst Fire (500 acres in the Sylmar neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley).
Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) The AltaMed Medical Group burns along Washington Blvd during the Eaton Fire in Pasadena on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG) A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Firefighters battle winds and flames as multiple beachfront homes go up in flames along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Anne Tierney leaves her Sunset Boulevard apartment during the Palisades fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Residents along Braeburn Road rush to save property as a home burns behind them during the Eaton fire in Altadena Wednesday morning Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A burned vehicle sits along Braeburn Road as a home burns behind during the Eaton fire in Altadena Wednesday morning Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) A person walks past a home burning during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. Over 1,000 structures have burned, with two people dead, in wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds across L.A. County. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Water is dropped by helicopter on the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) A firefighter makes a stand in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) Firefighters work to save a portion of house on S. Surfview Drive in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Palisades fire burns near homes in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A home and vehicles sit destroyed from the Eaton fire along Altadena Drive in Altadena Wednesday morning Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Firefighters protect homes on Seabreeze Dr from the Palisades in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
