cbs's charlie de mar is on the ground at the site of the palisades fire. lie, where you are have the winds started to pick up? >> reporter: michael, good morning. the winds still relatively calm here in the pacific palisades, by that pds, that particularly dangerous situation you mentioned, it doesn't go into effect until 4:00 a.m. local time, so about three hours from now. there are concerns if the strong winds return, if the fires erupt that the aircraft, the helicopters and planes that have been so critical in containing this fire, may be grounded. worsening wind conditions through tomorrow now threaten the fight against multiple southern california fires as new blazes erupt like this one in ventura county. >> we urge the public to stay diligent, to stay ready as the danger has absolutely not passed. >> reporter: on the ground firefighters have been working grueling 24-hour shifts to contain the inferno. >> it can be challenging at times. you don't sleep pretty much the whole 24 hours. >> a lot of our guys won't get too much rest because you still are av

let's speak to cbs correspondent charlie de mar. here in the palisades area.he situation around you? good morning- — situation around you? good morning- as _ situation around you? good morning. as you _ situation around you? good morning. as you can - situation around you? good morning. as you can see i situation around you? good morning. as you can see it | morning. as you can see it really does look like a war zone. that is how so many residents described their own homes. i have talked to a lot of people who have been trying to return to their homes, look at what this file did to it and they can't even recognise their own homes. they have lived here for decades and now the street where they live and they have even cross—referenced it with their phone and you can see behind mejust what their phone and you can see behind me just what the sprouted, reducing these homes down to bare metal. as for the weather, firefighters did make great progress over the weekend. the winds were a bit more calm so they did get ahead of the fire and also a lot of resources were ca

earlier we heard from cbs correspondent charlie de mar.e latest update on what's going on where he was based. we are in the pacific palisades, as you can see this is what so many homes look like, home after home really reduced to twisted metal, but the concern now, the national weather service has released a particularly dangerous situation, one of the most severe warnings and pretty ominous in this case. there needs to be a number of things in effect, dry conditions, the lack of rain in the forecast and strong winds expected to pick up once again. there is concern that if this combination of strong winds reignites the fires, but those aircraft, those planes and helicopters we have seen from the air that have been so instrumental in containing this fire, they may be grounded in all of this and we might be back where we were just last week. the outlook for later, given what you've said, how are they managing the possibility they might not have those planes flying? that has again been a great asset and a great tool in this firefight because

charlie de mar damar joins us live from los angeles where the strong santa ana winds are expected to intensify in the next few hours. not the news we want to hear. >> reporter: good morning. look at how intense these flames are and what it did to these homes and we are just in front of one home in the pacific palisades but if you look block by block this is what it looks like, homes reduce to twisted metal. firefighters felt like they got a pretty good leg up on the fire over the weekend and that is because the winds were pretty common, especially through sunday , but here we go again, the santa ana winds are expected to pick up today through wednesday and that has firefighters on the front lines concerned. firefighters in southern california are in a race against time to contain the deadly wildfires. the national weather service warns that dangerous high winds are expected to return in the coming hours. >> these winds combined with low humidity's and low fuel moistures will keep the fire threat in all of los angeles county very high. remains as of sunday officals say the palisades f

so let's go live right now to charlie de mar in los angeles for the latest updates. good morning, charlie. >> reporter: reed and gianna, good morning to you. it has been a slow process locating and identifying the deceased here in altadena. the search and rescue crews we have seen in the past couple of days going door-to-door to the more than 7,000 structures, that's buildings, homes, schools, businesses, sifting through the rubble. severe wind warnings remain in place in southern california as officials stand ready to stamp out any new brush fires. >> we are surging resources across this fire as necessary to respond to any hotspots. >> reporter: this dramatic video could hold the key to what sparked the massive eaton fire. cbs news confirms it was shot three minutes after the inferno erupted near electrical towers above altadena. yesterday investigators were seen probing for evidence. federal investigators also swarmed the site of where the larger palisades fire is believed to have started. officials have not commented on theories that it may have been caused when em

cbs news, charlie de mar, is on the ground in l.a. with the latest. >> reporter: tankers drop retardant. and other aircraft unleashed water on the palisades fire. still burning after it ignited tuesday . new evacuation orders were issued in the brentwood and encino neighborhoods as a keep spreading. >> it is really in god's hands . they are doing everything they can to do to knock it out and the wind still come back we will be fine. if they do, this area will be gone. >> reporter: winds were expected to pick up overnight . fearing that the fire will spare. firefighters are making progress on the eaton fire but it is slow going. >> herculean task to get through this down here. we have a ton of work and many days and many weeks of work. >> reporter: more national guard troops were moved into the area, doubling the number two more than 1600. >> we continue to grow our strength is needed to insure that we can anticipate needs ahead of time and ensure that we can meet those needs before it becomes a challenge. >> reporter: california's att

. >> winds up to 70 miles per hour are expected throughout the day and charlie de mar is in the fireere it's really hard to morning this new threat for so many who have already lost so much. >> reporter: a pds or particularly dangerous situation has been issued by the national weather service. that's the same warning in effect when the fire event started just about a week ago. and there's really some concern amongst firefighters on the ground here that if the winds do come through, if new fires do ignite, that those resources in the air, those helicopters and airplanes that have been so critical dumping water on these fires that they simply won't be able to fly. worsening wind conditions through tomorrow now threaten the fight against multiple southern california fires as new blazes erupt like this one in ventura county. >> we urge the public to stay diligent and stay ready as the danger has absolutely not passed. >> reporter: on the ground firefighters have been working grueling 24 hour shifts to contain the inferno. >> it can be challenging at times and you don't sleep pretty much

cbs news correspondent charlie de mar is in the pacific palisades area of los angeles, one of the worstoll is expected to rise as the clean—up begins here in los angeles. this destruction that you see behind me, this is home after home in the pacific palisades neighbourhood where we are today. and it is really hard to imagine. i mean, you see these cars burned out, brought down just to twisted metal. firefighters have been busy attacking this fire. of course, the wind. that has been the big story. firefighters had a good chance to really get ahead. they said that they made progress on the palisades fire, which is the largest fire. they, of course, have been tackling, attacking this fire on the ground. but more importantly, in the air. we have seen those shots where we have seen helicopters and tankers and fighter planes dropping water one after another, trying to get a handle on this fire. the winds were calm for much of yesterday, but then late yesterday into today again picking up, so could be another challenge for firefighters. that largest fire, the palisades fire. as we mentioned,