done. it's not just one thing it's everything. >> trace: a compendium of things and that's the case. thank you for your expertise steve. thank you sir. and studio city on the right hand of your screen there and has burned well over 18,000 acres now and of course you have the eaton fire in the pasadena area and with thousands, more than a thousand homes in the palisades. that could be as many said the most devastating fire in the history of los angeles. thank you for watching breaking news coverage on this expanded addition of america's late news i'm trace gallagher in los angeles over to bill now.

>> thank you for joining us in los angeles at this hour as we have a handful of these fires burning in the southland with over a thousand structures destroyed and five people dead so far they are looking for potential bodies out there. 0% containment all across the board with the wildfires including a new one which broke out a couple of hours ago here's a live look as it started in the hollywood hills area causing mass evacuations but that fire spotted ahead of itself to the northern side and the san fernando valley here's a live shot and studio city, california, where moments ago we were watching a live helicopter feed of at least one structure that caught on fire and appeared to completely collapse what we've seen happen with the fires during the wind event is these

embers get caught in the wind and they do what's called spotting ahead of itself going hundreds of yards to a mile ahead of itself and start a fire in a completely new area. so what were watching in studio city is on the other side of the hill from hollywood hills earlier tonight. at least one structure we saw earlier caught on fire and as we saw the fire we saw it racing uphill in fire burns faster uphill and when there is wind it doesn't help but that fire essentially started off by itself in the middle of nowhere appearing to be on the other side of the sun set fire. and as to pacific palisades fire which is having destroyed thousands of structures and is uncontained and it displaced tens of thousands that's where our correspondent joins us live from tonight and i would say

good evening to you but unfortunately it's not a good evening for the folks out there. yet another home burning. >> for sure bill and that's what's been described for first responders there and you can see them going this way and just trying to do something with what resources they have and the high wind picking back up and small little fire and with the apartment complex. it's up in flames and destroyed. the same story up and down every single block here in the pacific palisades memory after memory. with the embers coming off the top of that building. and just making sure they should

be evacuated and at night these fires and it's very disorienting out there and area like the pacific palisades it's one way in and one way out. >> bill: quick question you been out there all day long what you see coming into the area. is it media, first responders or are there people to get into that area did my home make it through the night or the day. are there residents coming in trying to see if their property survived? >> they are trying to get in there and see yet the home as survived i had people reach out and ask if you could check on this house or this block but mostly it seems like it is first responders and police officers from different media groups there. >> at last check that fire over

16,000 acres to put that into perspective that's bigger than manhattan island in new york city. 0% containment. as you can see behind him homes burning as we speak thank you and altadena is another area hit incredibly hard which is where christina coleman joins us live from tonight out of the eaton fire i assume you aren't seeing anything great out there tonight either. >> definitely not. it's a very devastating just taking a look behind me this house destroyed it's one of many on the street more than a thousand structures damaged or destroyed in this fire it's a deadly fire claiming five lives so far since it broke out just north of pasadena last night field by strong wind that wreaked havoc on this area and at this fire has scorched more

than 10,600 acres since yesterday alone and if you just look down the street you see car after car that looks like this look at this vehicle completely burned out. several days ago you can imagine a neighbourhood full of families and kids talking to the firefighters out here it's a tight-knit community. these homes have been around for decades i'm betting during the christmas break and the holiday break the families here probably never expected for houses to be gone like they are now. more than 750 firefighting personnel working around the clock to get this under control it's at 0% containment more than 70,000 people impacted by evacuation orders in this area and again the fire continues to burn out of control. you can see behind me just a little bit there is a small fire

in the debris this is what firefighters are worried about right now about embers floating around in the air that could land anywhere and as you know they could spark a large fire within seconds so lots of firefighters going through this neighbourhood checking in trying to put out hot spots checking for small fires just to make sure they can keep this area safe and as you asked of that question moments ago whether he seen people come through the area. i haven't seen any homeowners coming for this area to check on their house i think people are so concerned. i saw increase for pacific gas & electric checking if there's any gas leaks here the definitely want to make sure the area is secure as crews work to contain the fire. built? >> bill: looks like a ghost fire we heard the l.a. county sheriff confirmed today that five people have died as a result of the eaton fire and

they anticipate the number to potentially go up as his deputies get in to these burned areas and assess the damage. excellent work out there under horrible circumstances thank you. and as you saw here and catastrophic damage as they had to evacuate to safety and at your those live images at a studio city one of the structures that burned a short time ago and iconic landmarks have been completely burned to the ground just rubble no weeks after that event was hit by another wildfire remembering the one that approached a campus for more and that we want to bring in a mall be city councilmember who is joining us for now more and how they are coping with the devastation thank you so much for coming on i was watching videos today of the pch area

looked like a nuke went off. we are looking at homes on the ocean side as far as the eye can see that just were completely incinerated what is your reaction to what has happened in the city tonight? >> catastrophic. with east malibu and it's pretty dangerous and decimated and it just got sworn in to city council and with the franklin fire broke out in dealing with that and then a month later january eighth they've got the palisades. 23 ensues homes burned i have friends who are seniors who lost everything everybody's evacuated i have horses and rescue animals we got out and i'm not a

politician i have no idea i cannot believe the amount of destruction that our little town has endured really. i'm proud of the city of malibu the staff working around the clock with a great mayor and doug stewart other city council members were rallying around how we will help and rebuild we really need help from the government. from the agencies that govern us. we can't do it alone in my opinion again i'm new to this but i been here 17 years reasoning to teenagers here i don't how we come back from this the devastation i took a drive down carbon beaches just gone. the neighbourhood a big rock is

gone i own a school for elementary kids which is spread he much gone i believe. we need help here. >> understand a handful of their iconic landmarks have been locked there's lawson's last night can you tell me what ones are gone tonight. >> i think they saved the getty villa and you've got the topanga hotel and for locals others are gone. moon shadow is gone and we had many little is a says called wiley's fish and tackle an icon called the reel in across from the historic service break it's a devastation and it's something which is just a failure i don't know how to explain it but it's heartbreaking as far as other landmarks i'm not really sure.

i don't know to be honest because we get a lot of information that 11,000 acres is burned and over a certain amount or structures but as far as the nitty-gritty i don't think we have begun to get in there and understand. it's a shame because we have a lot of history in malibu is a new city but there are things we are losing. i hope we save the pier and the adamson house. i hope we save sarah retreat we just came out of franklin and i will tell you something else we had a fire in november as well. it's been one a month. i don't know if you know about the broad fire but we had that and the franklin fire and now this. it's just devastating. >> the worst fire in southern california history back in 2018 so the hits just keep

coming for you guys. we thank you for your time and fortunately we need to run but we are thinking about you and everyone in malibu and firefighters trying to get a hold of the situation out there despite the 0% containment so thank you. >> thank you for the firefighters and first responders fisher. these intensifiers are forcing thousands to flee from their homes some of them getting devastating news their homes couldn't be saved i got texts from my own fencing they lost their homes we have more on the human toll of these fires after the break. - it's apparent. not me. - yeah. nice going lou! nothing like a little confidence boost to help ease you back in to the dating scene. of course, that also includes having a smile you feel good about. fortunately, aspen dental specializes in dentures and implants made just for you, with affordable options and flexible ways to pay, and now, they■re 0 dollars down plus 0% interest, if paid in full in 18 months.

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♪ ♪ welcome back families are rushing to safety grabbing whatever they can us planes frighten their homes in their lives. more than 1000 structures been destroyed here is mind emotional impact the fires are having and we talk about it and at this point everybody knows somebody who is either impacted by this or lost a piece of property for

one of these fires. >> lost everything or a gathering what they can to get out because the fires are still burning heartbreaking stories of loss and hope as thousands were forced to flee fast-moving wildfires not knowing if they would still have a home and at least seven out of control fires continued to threaten thousands of homes and businesses five deaths reported in the eaton fire as it continued to spread as many were trying to save pets and their loved ones many of whom lived in their homes for many decades with touching scenes of neighbour helping neighbour and you got it done there and this is crazy there is a fire outside our car he's very wobbly here. so grab this.

thank you ella get your walker hold onto that okay come on you got to head down the hill. >> and hundreds are waiting still not knowing for sure exactly what is still standing or if they have a home to go back to. >> i got a text from a school teacher friend bought a new place in the palisades two or three weeks ago was posting pictures on how excited she was. she got worried about it saw the flames on a ring camera approached i texted her for an update and she said it's completely on fire and they asked has been visually confirmed and she sent me a video somebody drove through the neighbourhood it was engulfed all her possessions were there she just moved in no insurance on the house. >> bill: heartbreaking and where will even live it's devastating long-term. >> thousand structures gone in the palisades and the eaton fire

some multiply these stories over a thousand people it's heartbreaking and the human impact from the fires is devastating with one person affected as her very own fox contributor marshall which is near the epicenter near the fire we talked about she's joining us by phone now to talk about this harrowing experience i read the piece he wrote about what happened a few and your children and they understand you've lived in the house since 2006 so the day kind of started for you with a power outage what happened after that three. >> a power outage we get alerts from the electric company and spectrum and many people know since covid-19 a lot do broadcasting and i was hoping and praying as the powers go up as i could do my hits on television and radio. and i had a zoom meeting outside

it was a sunny day and everything was great. later in the evening power went out again my sunscreen in the mom and i went outside across the street from me there is a black cloud of smoke to the left of it you could see an orange glow in a new eaton canyon is behind their slit thought oh, my god, that so close and then fire trucks and police came up i thought they would be evacuated first sale i can know and i said what then driving down the hill just to clip you see i tell you and most got emotional we had flames so close i could feel the heat in our car to the right of

us said look at that mckendree like we can't look we can't look in the rearview mirror saw flames on my right behind me and on the left was my home and i honestly thought i'm never going to see my home again. >> bill: once you evacuated you for the kids in the car and took your dog with you as well so where you guys go and when did you realize the fire was just exploding when did you hear about the structures being destroyed? >> the proximity was shortly after we were told we didn't have to evacuate we were told get out now he was probably 20 seconds with the clothes on her back. and when i'm on all these various television programs in your hearing me because i have no makeup or clothing really

beyond what i have on. so police are telling us to get out. i brought my family to a hotel where we were lucky to get some connecting rooms for the four of us. and took pets a few miles from her home. >> bill: we have a minute left so have you been able to check on the status of your home, has anyone been able to go through there and let you know how it's looking. any updates on what your property looks like? >> yes because i'm short on time. i don't want to get anybody in trouble one of my neighbours snuck back to their home and did take footage and pictures of our homes front end the back. i found out a few hours ago when i saw footage of my home fully standing and firefighters said there were 22 homes here 360 degrees around it transformers exploding and

downed power lines. it's a miracle 22 homes survived. as people passed with the fire. and i'm not a hugely religious person but i believe in miracles. and haven't seen the home itself and they have been told they can go back don't know about the damage side and it with the we saw as of now the home survived. >> bill: we've got a run but thank you for sharing the story that's horrible to hear. and were glad the properties ge. stay with us for extended coverage we will be right back at the top of the hour attempts to fix my teeth. i retouched all my wedding photos, and it was even affecting my health.

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