there's a brand-new fire breaking out in the hollywood hills. ting evacuation orders in the historic hollywood entertainment district. matt finn live in the hollywood hills with the latest on the newest fire in los angeles. matt. >> reporter: hello trace. hard to believe we are covering another fire here. it started about three hours ago now and there were mandatory evacuations within 30 minutes. i'm standing basically in the middle of the famous runyon canyon trail. you can see the grid of los angeles behind me. below these hills is west hollywood where the mandatory evacuations are. the fire itself, the fire line is moving and expanding within the runyon canyon area. la fire telling me and you that they feel like they have a hold on this thing, that they've got a handle on it, but there are winds and we are seeing the flames and embers being spread by the winds. unfortunately we know that the winds have been a very consistent factor in the fires here in the los angeles area over the past two days now. so there is no telling what can happen out

a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills, triggering fresh evacuation orders and threatening iconic landmarks. the fast moving fires are spreading across multiple neighborhoods. also coming up deadly violence falling mozambique disputed election forces, many families to flee into a neighboring malawi, dw, talk to most of the deacons who have found refuge, the a, a mariana evans, dean, welcome. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks like the adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in just a few weeks. firefighters are so far on able to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area, burning homes and forcing residents to sleep. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed. home after home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and propelling the inferno here and all to dina, controlling the places has been near impossible. i've lived in this area for over 20 years and we've seen fires in the mountains in the hills, but never anything like that ever. so last night, when the f

and you're the hollywood hills. describe the situation there for us. the way up to the right, this is where we also set fire hollywood hills. very push neighborhood where a affluent area. yeah, of course hollywood hills and those folks who are right behind me were the last ones who were hit by evacuation orders. and we asked law enforcement here, pretty much everybody left t o y because of the fire, which is going on. actually on the other side of the hill, it's growing and it's not under control. it's 0 percent contains. it is the latest blaze popping up in and around los angeles. the biggest still is the power sets fire the winds were picking up about an hour ago now died down a little bit here and there is a good side. why? because you can see it. but maybe you can hear it, they are a helicopter this up in the now, those spotters, they are not, the helicopters were dump a lot which dump a lot of water pot is a good sign when dying down air assets for the firefighters in the air. and that means they can actually come bed effectively, pipe fire, which

this time in the hollywood hills. it's not that far from hollywood boulevard and mulholland drive.you know the area, it has burned nearly 20 acres. people are being told to evacuate. of course, it's a very dense area. as you look at live pictures now, you can see the night just lit up by the flames that are burning in the hollywood hills. it is spreading. it's about 20 acres now, but you can see it is fairly ferocious and there are a lot of homes, very densely populated area there. there are also three major wildfires that are pushing firefighters to the very limit. they barely have enough people to do what they need to do. the palisades fire is the largest. that's at nearly 16,000 acres. it has damaged or destroyed more than a thousand buildings, many of them homes. the eaton fire has killed at least five people. that's near pasadena. it has burned more than 10,000 acres. and then there's the hurst fire, up by sylmar. that one has burned 850 acre acres. it is truly an apocalyptic nightmare in southern california. tonight, the city of oakland, as we talk about uh- coming up here in

this time, the hollywood hills, over the horizon.licopters are up in the air. they are trying to dump water on those affected areas, taking it from swimming pools, the pacific ocean, at a time when there are also water shortages. scenes of some unease, perhaps even panic, with some fire hydrants running dry earlier today, as fire crews tried to use that to battle the flames. now, we know that in the hollywood hills, a—listers saying that they have been impacted. the likes of paris hilton, billy crystal, for example, as we came into los angeles, another fire erupting. this time, the hollywood hills, over the horizon. behind me right now, helicopters are up in the air. they are trying to dump water on those affected areas, taking it from swimming pools, the pacific ocean, at a time when there are also water shortages. scenes of some unease, perhaps even panic, with some fire hydrants running dry earlier today, as fire crews tried to use that to battle the flames. a—listers saying that they have been impacted. the likes of paris hilton,

nbc's gadi schwartz is in the hollywood hills. gadi. i mean, there was a little bit of a panic when you see that fire pop up in the hollywood hills. we were down at the palisades fire. and you just know what the high winds can do. fortunately, right now and again, this is this is just right now you're at the trees and there is no wind that we can see here. and if there are wind gusts, they're not as extreme as what we saw last night. if you can hear all above us, we've got about three choppers that are circling. they are coming in so low that you can feel it in your lungs. if this would have happened yesterday here, if this would have happened with those wind gusts, there is no doubt that this entire area would be most likely gone at this point. but fortunately, we are seeing this happen on a day where they have the air resources, they have the winds down. they can attack this fire like they normally do, and we're just hoping that that stays steady tonight. yeah. back to you guys. a lucky break for sure. thank you. gadi. tonight we're g

this time, the hollywood hills, over the horizon. in the air. they are trying to dump water on those affected areas, taking it from swimming pools, the pacific ocean, at a time when there are also water shortages. scenes of some unease, perhaps even panic, with some fire hydrants running dry earlier today, as fire crews tried to use that to battle the flames. now, we know that in the hollywood hills, a—listers saying that they have been impacted. the likes of paris hilton, billy crystal, for example, saying that they have lost their homes. but of course, los angeles is a diverse community. these flames are merciless. we saw people close to the sunset boulevard, for example, grabbing whatever they could take with them, pet carriers, stuffing carrier bags full of whatever they could bring with them. we also know that the department of defence is going to be deploying military aircraft equipped with a fire retardant substance to spray over the affected areas, but president biden has said that because of the severity of this crisis now h

>> prepared for the possibility that this 20 acre brush fire called the sunset fire in the hollywood hills. it started to run in canyon at it started running canyon 5.30. you want to be prepared that this might actually be coming to you. so, you know, this is not a joke. again, check on everybody. that's area neighbors and see what you can do to help and then get yourself to safety. >> alright, gil is in sky ready and obviously great news to see helicopters that are able to drop the water. and there's a particular fight on on the hands of firefighters on the ground. i would expect very close to that structure deal. >> yeah, very close to that structure that saying goes a little bit deceiving that fires up on the ridge that house is beyond it. so it's not really directly impacted, but it's close close enough for sure. there are fire as it's a setting up structure protection on all the streets that run up the canyon right now as i down the fire, the source of the fires there at the right hand side of your screen up the canyon. burned down towards these homes here at the bottom. you can see s

again, we are starting to see hollywood point these are all cars making their way down the hill and we've got the first tanker that we've seen down here on hollywood boulevard. that was the last factory over there. this is volcanoes, cvs pharmacy. right here on crescent heights, so crescent heights going up. so far we haven't seen any flames up on the ridge that we have seen flames over on the other side of the laugh factory. still quite a ways away but you see the helicopters working up there. we are going to wait and hold on real fast here. let's see if we can wait for this traffic to come through. again, difficult to access this. there are now roadblocks going up throughout this area. the wind is not as bad as it was yesterday. here is a quick shot of what the wind is doing down here on hollywood. looks like we might be able to cross here. give us a second. so again, you've got fire department is staging down here and then these are the hills that are now being evacuated. we are told the evacuation zone is up there on mulholland drive. it goes all the way down to laurel canyon, which m

the latest blaze starting in hollywood hills in the last hour or so.fficials say despite best efforts, the fires are zero percent contained. these are live pictures from los angeles. at least 100,000 people have been evacuated and tens of thousands more have been told to pack and be ready to go. you ready to go. can see a panning shot showing you can see a panning shot showing those fires raging across the los angeles skyline. the areas affected include. a fire around the palisades — between santa monica and malibu — started last night, driven by fierce winds. it spread with incredible speed through tinder—dry conditions. within a matter of hours, the area on fire had doubled in size. the city's police chief says the fire conditions are unprecedented and unpredictable and that there is no possibility of bringing them under control. more than a thousand firefighters have been deployed, including some from other states. 1000 buildings have been destroyed in one area alone — the pacific palisades neighbourhood. us presidentjoe biden has promised additiona

this is the one in the hollywood hills. this is the newest fire. it is unfortunately spreading quickly, and the winds are not helping. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. jeff, now, just yet another fire. i mean, how much more does this wind go on? because if we've seen five fires now, big fires 24 hours in, 24 hours later, what are we going to be at? yeah, that's just the unknown at this point. we're, you know, not seeing gusts nearly as highgh as was this tie last night when we were getting gusts 90 to 100mph. but anything really around 50mph. and we're seeing or even a little bit less than that, we're seeing rapid rate of spread. so here's the deal. in terms of what we're watching right now. we've got the palisades fire. we have the hurst fire, also the eaton canyon fire in altadena, and then now the sunset fire. so i want to take you down here towards the sunset fire. this is the new one that just happened re in the past couple of hours. right now, gusts here coming out of the northwest 15 to 35mph. here's hollywood, west holl

the latest fires in the hollywood hills. ire now prompting mandatory evacuation and appears to be burning south towards hollywood boulevard. it broke out just over half an hour ago. fire officials say it burned at least ten acres, it is growing quickly. altogether more than a thousand buildings have burned in these fires. five people killed in the eaton fire and the pasadena area. norah o'donnell is next with more coverage of the wildfires. we will certainly have more live report at ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight, southern california going up in flames, as multiple large wildfires burn out of control. >> oh, my god.

this is near runyon canyon, a very popular area in the hollywood hills. we are watching that very closely. and our reporters are on the scene tracking all the developments. we are going to do a quick check in here on capitol hill, where president-elect donald trump returned earlier this evening for the first time, actually, since he won back the white house in november, kicking off a critical mission to deliver on his campaign promises to not see them get doomed in congress as he is hoping not to have happen. he met with senate republicans to hammer out what they are hoping to say are the concepts of a plan at this stage, whether to try to pass everything he would like to see in one big bill, or to split them up in half. >> we're looking at the one bill versus two bills, and whatever it is doesn't matter. we're going to get the result. >> and my congressional source tonight was in that meeting with trump, the republican senator, mike rounds of south dakota joins me now. and, senator, it's great to have you here. that meeting you came out, you went into it.

a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills, triggering fresh evacuation orders and threatening iconic landmarks. the fast moving fires are spreading across multiple neighborhoods. also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to rob sean air base here in germany. as us defense secretary to meet with the cranes allies, to beef opposite countries air defense as before. and donald trump takes office and crowd gather in mozambique capital as its main opposition leader returns from exile, saying he's ready for talks on an election. cited for regularities, we speak to refugees from the violent power struggle, the mariana evans, dean, welcome. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks length, adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in just a few weeks. firefighters are so far unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area, burning homes and forcing residents to flee. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings had been destroyed. home after home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and pro

a new fire has broken out and the hollywood hills triggering fresh evacuation orders and threatening iconic landmarks. the fast moving fires are spreading across multiple neighborhoods. also coming up, lloyd austin makes his last trip to raj time air based in germany. as us defense secretary to meet with you, chris allies at 2 vs off the countries air defenses. before donald trump takes office, we're going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico and then coming us presidents, donald trump threats to change the mass after already subbing his sized on canada and greenland. the marietta evan stain is good to have you with us. a new fire has broken out in the hollywood hills in los angeles threatening landmarks length, adobe theater, where the oscar ceremony is to be held in just a few weeks. authorities have ordered evacuations for thousands of people. firefighters are so far unable to contain several blazes raging across the los angeles area. at least 5 people have died and more than a 1000 buildings have been destroyed. home to home, consumed by flames. fierce winds up and prope

this is near runyon canyon, a very popular area in the hollywood hills. we are watching that very closely. and our reporters are on the scene tracking all the developments. we are going to do a quick check in here on capitol hill, where president elect donald trump returned earlier this evening for the first time, actually, since he won back the white house in november, kicking off a critical mission to deliver on his campaign promises to not see them get doomed in congress, as he is hoping not to have happen. he met with senate republicans to hammer out what they are hoping to say are the concepts of a plan at this stage, whether to try to pass everything he would like to see in one big bill, or to split them up in half. >> we're looking at the one bill versus two bills, and whatever it is, does it matter? we're going to get the result. >> my congressional source tonight was in that meeting with trump, the republican senator, mike rounds of south dakota joins me now. and, senator, it's great to have you here. that meeting you came out, you went into it. n

the sunset fire broke out just before 6:00 in the hollywood hills. some iconic buildings including the holy want -- hollywood walk of fame and the hollywood bowl are in the evacuation zone. the fire has burned 20 acres so far and traffic is reportedly jammed heading out of the area. it is on top of three major wildfires that have already destroyed or than 1500 homes and buildings. in total more than 25,000 acres have been burned throughout l.a. county and at least five people have been killed in the eaton fire. strong erratic winds and lack of water in areas continue to hamper efforts. stay with us for continuing coverage. our next news coverage is at 8:00 dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. poweri

it yet another fire has sparked this one up in the hollywood hills. there are evacuation orders out. this is the fire we told you about a couple minutes ago. but it is quick moving. >> and it is virtually brand-new. it started within the hour estimated to be 10 acres. it's right near the runyon canyon area. if you're familiar with that part of la evacuation orders have been given for laurel canyon boulevard on the west to the hole and drive on the north to the 101 on the east down to hollywood boulevard to the south. so disastrous situation considering everything else that is going on around this fire in southern california. so many homes in that area and obviously you just have a a fire fighter, you know, for certain to spread relief. and yeah, they're saying it's 10 acres or so. but look at this. >> it is spreading rapidly. so we're going to keep an eye on this for you. and certainly staying on top of all of the devastating wildfires in southern california throughout the evening. and if you need more information, just head on over to our website at

>> yes, this is laura is just the heart of the hollywood hills. if you've ever been to the walk of fame to see the stars on hollywood boulevard, the handprints just above, just north of that is the area that is now under mandatory evacuation from laurel canyon to the 101 freeway. mulholland up at the top, all the way down to hollywood boulevard. there, those winding streets, home to the bungalows with those million dollar views and now a sign of a nightmare. the sixth fire here in los angeles county that has broken out amid all of these epic santa anita winds. they're used to this at this time of year. what we're not used to out here is it being this dry, they haven't gotten any rain really since october to to to speak of. and so all the vegetation that grew after a wet winter last year has now turned to fuel. and we've seen that playing out really in a ring of fire around los angeles. it was so wild. i landed this afternoon, drove up the 405, and we had the palisades fire smoke on one side. what is happening in altadena on the other side, people

>> yes, this is laura is just the heart of the hollywood hills. if you've ever been to the walk of fame to see the stars on hollywood boulevard, the handprints just above, just north of that is the area that is now under mandatory evacuation from laurel canyon to the 101 freeway. mulholland up at the top, all the way down to hollywood boulevard. there, those winding streets, home to the bungalows with those million dollar views and now a sign of a nightmare. the sixth fire in los angeles county that has broken out amid all of these epic santa anita winds. they're used to this at this time of year. we're not used to out here, is it being this dry? they haven't gotten any rain really since october to to speak of. and so all the vegetation that grew after a wet winter last year has now turned to fuel. and we've seen that playing out really in a ring of fire around los angeles. it was so wild. i landed this afternoon, drove up the 405, and we had the palisades fire smoke on one side. what's happening in altadena on the other side, people going about th

the latest blaze started in the hollywood hills in the past few hours — and has forced more people tocuate, including in areas dotted with celebrity homes. these strong images we've recently received, show how whole blocks, whole streets — have been scorched — destroyed —— the pictures were filmed wednesday in the pacific palisades area of los angeles. across the city more than 130,000 people have been evacuated — and tens of thousands more have been told to pack and be ready to go. three of the fires are totally uncontained. this map helps us place where those pictures were filmed — the pacific palisades lies between santa monica and malibu. in just hours the fire doubled in size, fuelled by tinder dry conditions and high winds. further east, inland of the palisades fire, is hollywood. here is the iconic sign — in the hollywood hills — standing right beside where the sunset fire is raging.|n these pictures shot from a helicopter, we can see the city of los angeles in the foreground there — and the hills on fire behind. hollywood is the home of the american movie industry, but of cour

the new blaze, is the sunset fire, which started last night in the hollywood hills and is now threateningrks around sunset boulevard. the size and strength of these fires matched only by the speed at which they spread. the winds had been gusting up to 100 mph, and although those wind speeds have dropped, the tinder dry conditions have exacerbated the fires, forcing over 180,000 evacuations, with more still expected. firefighters are spread thinly along the line, working long shifts under extreme conditions and in some places water hydrants have run dry. 0ne positive development in the last 12 hours is that fire department helicopters have been able to resume air operations, they were grounded yesterday because of the extreme weather conditions. 0ur west coast correspondent emma vardy reports from los angeles: the scale of this disaster is clear to see. block after block, a blanket of destruction. more than 1,000 buildings burned in this community alone. emergency services unable to save them. and still, they burn — the most catastrophic fires los angeles has ever seen. 0vernight, the holl

called the sunset fire is threatening residents all along the hollywood hills, runyan canyon andest hollywood and beverly hills on either side a lot of concern the wind is still blowing strong and erratically. we don't expect to get any r relief as far as firefighters are concerned until the weekend. >>> coming up on the show, we will speak to marc (auctioneer) let's start the bidding at 5 m vanon dollars. thank you, sir. (man) these people of privilege... hoarding the financial advantages coming up after this break (auctioneer) 7.5 at the back. (man) look at them — unaware that robinhood gold members now enjoy the vip treatment — a 3% ira match on retirement contributions. (auctioneer) 11 million sir. (man) once they discover their privileges are no longer exclusive... their fragile reality will plunge into disarray. ♪ dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate tha

the latest has broken out in the hollywood hills. park, and has triggered more mandatory evacuations. so far five people are confirmed to have been killed and more than 1,000 structures burnt. more than 137,000 people have been forced to evacuate. officials say despite best efforts, the fires are 0% contained due to the strong winds and shortage of water. for the latest, let's speak to cbs reporter ashley sharpe. ashley, thank you forjoining us. more can you tell us about the fires that continue to rage across los angeles? hi. the fires that continue to rage across los angeles? hi, steve. well, of those _ across los angeles? hi, steve. well, of those major _ across los angeles? hi, steve. well, of those major fires - across los angeles? hi, steve. well, of those major fires that l well, of those major fires that are burning here across los angeles, i'm covering the eaton fire currently. we're in alto dina just outside of la. the eaton fire is the second largest in size but has proven the most fatal. we've reported five fatalities so

the hollywood hills, runyon canyon, and even as far as west hollywood and beverly hills on either side. so a lot of concern tonight. the wind is still blowing very strong. very erratically. and we don't expect to get any real relief as far as firefighters are concerned until the weekend. i'm jennifer bjorklund in pacific palisades, california. now back to you. >> let's get more on that and check in with nbc meteorologist angie lassman who is monitoring those winds fueling the flames. and a very small glimmer of good news on that front. >> we've got the potential for weakening winds as we get through the day today. notice that doesn't mean the winds completely dissipate. we're still going to deal with 40-50 mile-per-hour winds out of the north-northeast. but look what happens by friday. we see an uptick in that. this is the swing of things. in the meantime we've got 17 million people under red flag warnings across this region. you can see where we're watching. we're talking 10, 15, 20-mile-per-hour wind speeds. on the hills and mountains, we'll see those elevated winds. notice as we get

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we got them flying over the hollywood hills now. we just pulled up. i'm not sure if this is going to work because i'm on my phone here. we will take a walk and see what we can see. these are all cars making their way down the hill. and we have the first tanker we have seen, that is the laugh factory over there. this is the cvs pharmacy. right here on crescent heights. so far, we haven't seen any flames up on the ridge. but we have seen flames over on the other side of the laugh factory. it is still quite a ways away. but you see the helicopters working up there. we will wait and hold on real fast here. and see if we can wait for this traffic to come through. there are roadblocks in this area. the wind is not as bad as yesterday. let's make our way across. again, you have fire department that is staging down here. and then, these are the hills that are now being evacuated. we are told the evacuation zone is up there on muhulland drive. goes all the way down to laurel canyon. so this whole area, all of these homes are most likely under evacuation at thi

nos encontramos justamente en hollywood hills en este incendio. un incendio nuevo.eden ver esta colina que es precisamente la que ha tomado fuego. la que ha tomado fuerza con los vientos que, aunque no son tan fuertes como los de ayer, obviamente ha tomado el control de esta colina que desafortunadamente estÁ completamente llena de maleza seca, lo que serÍa la perfecta combinaciÓn con el poco aire que hay. y este fuego para que pudiera extenderse rÁpidamente. pero hasta el momento, las autoridades han estado llegando con algunos helicÓpteros y tirando agua justamente como lo estamos viendo en este momento, algo que es muy afortunado y que ayer no se podÍa hacer por la fuerza del viento y tambiÉn por las rÁfagas tan fuertes que no permitÍan que ninguna aeronave estuviera sobrevolando el Área de pacific. hasta el momento hay Órdenes de evacuaciÓn obligatorias. el camino para llegar hasta acÁ es bastante complicado, pero hemos visto que las personas han tomado la decisiÓn de seguir las instrucciones de las autoridades y dejar el Área. en la parte de abajo podemos ver a

if you can hear that in the distance, a new fire tonight in the hollywood hills. and you can imagine just how many people are living in that area who are now having to evacuate. it is densely populated. and of course, any picture of los angeles includes that hollywood sign. we do not know how close the flames are to the iconic sign at this point, but this is really hitting at the heart of the city. now, in addition to the coast by the water where we were with the pacific palisades and of course, where we are standing right now in the northeast part of the metro area in altadena. so this is really now affecting everyone across the metro area. not only is it terrible air quality and difficult to breathe, you know, a lot of people getting headaches and getting nauseous from this. but also the flames are just so close to so many parts of town, to the homes in so many parts of town that i'm getting text questions from my friends tonight of whether they should be leaving now. and that's not something they had to consider. just a few hours ago, watching this fire or the p

the clue is in the name, hollywood hills.e these canyons and then the chimney-like conditions, and that is why you see random destruction in some places, where the fires jump from house to house at random. i still think, the warning is, the wind could whip up again in the coming days, and people are just anxious about what could lie ahead. christian: thank you very much for that. let's speak to peachy keen and who had to evacuate her home in l.a. with her five kids and pets. our hearts go out to you, they really do. and awful scene to see on our screens. did you get to take anything with you, do you know what the situation is at home? >> yes, i've actually hear in my house. we left for two nights. i took the kids back today because we heard that our street was fine. part of my roof came off, tile came off but the house is intact. thank goodness. my neighbors are safe. two blocks away from where your reporter was, they were not so lucky. i'm getting reports all day, at least 12 families that i know that go to our school, they

as yet another fire has erupted the hollywood hills here at runion canyon park. >> and evacuations abundantcene as we came down the hill, seeing people get into vehicles and try to get out. using sunset boulevard, guys. >> that may change as the sun comes up and winds have died down helicopters and planes get up in the air and try to extinguish some of these fires. that's the good news. unfortunate and sad news is five people have lost their lives and many others are in hospitals right now getting treatment for very bad burns and other injuries back to you. >> brian: all right. thanks so much, robert. meanwhile 30 minutes now before the top of the hour. >> ainsley: president biden's ice director set to retire from the post tomorrow. tomorrow is he speaking out about his time at the agency, the crisis at the border and the challenges that his agents are facing. >> acting ice director patrick likener. p.j. you don't do this to get rich. you do it because you care about the country. just right now the state of ice. you guys are going to get a lot of attention. there is going to be a lot of mon

this is the hollywood hills fire. it's burned about 60 acres. it's not far from the hollywood walk of fame. of course, the other iconic landmarks out there and we're still at 0% containment there. yeah, that is just one of of several 5 others have basically surrounded los angeles county from the ocean. >> to the valleys, there is the hearst and lydia fires in santa clarita. the woodley fire burning in the san fernando valley. by far, though, the 2 most destructive ones are the eaton fire burning in altadena and the palisades fire in pacific palisades. we wer just listening to that man, talk about how he was trying to, you know, put out the flames at neighbor's home using pool water. my cousin's family is in palisades area. he had to do the same. he saved his home by dousing it with cool water. you know, the yard is pretty much torch, but was able safest right there and have so many people that leave that don't know. right. and we were listening from reporters earlier that were saying that they >> go to one neighborhood. its unscathed and then ano

live to the hollywood hills, where another fire just started burning. is now called the sunset fire. it is west of the hollywood bowl. ten acres have burned so far. firefighters just issued a mandatory evacuation order for those living near laurel canyon boulevard. crews have closed nearby roads. we've not heard of any structures burning yet. >>> tonight, the historic and catastrophic wildfires in southern california turning deadly after 80,000 people are forced to evacuate their homes. the apocalyptic images. a state of emergency in los angeles as thousands of acres burn, impacting one of the most picturesque places in the nation. multiple wildfires raging out of control tonight, fueled by hurricane-force winds. the fire in the pacific palisades now the most destructive in the city's history. at least five people are dead, an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed. more than a million without power. the grounds of the

the sunset fire is burning in the hollywood hills and right near studio city. the five people who died died in the eaton fire, and officials say many other residents have been injured, including those who waited to evacuate. tonight. the palisades fire is the largest of these fires at more than 15,000 acres. the sunset fire, the one that started earlier tonight, has burned more than 60 acres. that fire did start at 545 this evening. new mandatory evacuation orders are in place, though, stretching as far south as hollywood boulevard. this fire burning right near thousands of homes. let's go live now down south to ktvu tom vacar, who joins us from malibu, where many homes have been destroyed by the massive palisades fire. tom. devastation there in malibu tonight. >> well, mike, you asked about how much of malibu is left, and i want to show you something. if you take a look over here, you're going to see a row of six, eight, ten houses, 3 or 4 of which are pretty much destroyed. the rest are damaged. and the reason for that is that, as i say, embers flew onto them

>> reporter: hey, stephanie, we are up in the hollywood hills. we moved from the pacific palisades where we were earlier to see so much devastation, and then all of a sudden this fire up in the hollywood hills in runyon canyon, a very popular hiking spot in all of los angeles started to go up. there than evacuation orders given for this area, and we are seeing choppers coming through. you come this way, this fire engine here is loading up. so you've got water coming out of these fire hydrants. emily that would be a yeah okay thing, but tonight it is such an important point. the water is pressurized in this area, it is something that we did not see happen in the pacific palisades around 3:00 in the morning. the water pressure drop, and so often fire crews were going to those fire hydrants to try to put out those fires and they were not able to find water. so they were left helpless as those winds came down and they ravaged that community. they are saying about 1000 structures in the pacific palisades have been lost. we were down there all day. we

now focus on the hollywood hills as emergency services, try to stop this by a spreading any further. all right, so i want to go now to step on 0. g is standing by in understand, pacific palisades, they are right on the edge of one of these fires that is still out of control. step on, tell us, what are you hearing, where you are, the bread. i'm actually in huntington palace sites and i just want to you to see, and i've used to see what it looks like when firefighters, how many hundreds and thousands there are lose a fight against what happened here. just 2448 hours ago. check this out. this is huntington in this neighborhood is i would say to between 95 and 98 percent completely destroyed, completely destroyed. if you see those trees, those trees are not. there may be a life, but they're also burned down. so any thing he, everything you see is gone completely a few minutes ago and he didn't agree to talk to us. but we just made a gentleman here who had literally a meltdown to break down by seeing and his house or the house of his mother 90. 5 years old for the 1st time, there is nothi

bolivia fire burning about 350 acres and the sunset fire in the hollywood hills has burned more than> in the area, we are a stranger to devastating wildfires. the images on tv and social media can be tough to take in. >> psychiatry us with kaiser permanente. santa rosa says it's important to take care of yourself. >> these fires can be very triggering is absolutely normal and expected to have either physical, emotional or behavioral changes are responses to them. but if they reach that threshold or of where the symptoms are impacting your daily functioning, don't hesitate to reach out to health care provider either through a community resource like namie your 7, 4, 1, 7, 4, 1, texting that. number 3, your healthcare provider. >> doctor catherine, suggest if you're feeling overwhelmed or worried to take a break from tv and social media go outside, going to walk to try to get as much rest as you can. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at noon fundraising efforts underway across the state to help those affected by the devastating wildfires. we continue to monitor conditions outside californ

we also saw a fire break out in the hollywood hills overnight. one that firefighters did seem to be able to get control over, and while the winds right now are dying down, enough to do some aerial fire fighting if you've got a good ear, you can hear the sound of large airplanes, super scoopers, and other planes up in the air right now. they are back up and they are able to pour water on the fires again. the wind, though, and the wind is picking up. while it's not picking up right now, excuse me, it is expected to pick up tomorrow. the wind advisory has been extended until tomorrow, which means everything that hasn't yet burned is still under threat. this has been a really emotional experience coming back here to the pacific palisades. especially walking into a community that i grew up in, born and raised in, and to find that there's nothing left. we're talking a lot about the fires that are still raging and, again, the palisades fire is still 0% contained. there are still hot spots in this community, still fires raging throughout the hillside. fi

the latest is the sunset fire and the hollywood hills close to a very, very, very, populated area. so i would expect that some of the assets which are stage to you will now actually move towards hollywood hills and to tackle the sunset fight to prevent this from spreading and really endangering hundreds, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of residents there. and you're right, immigration orders growing 130000 people under recreation orders right now. and there is one thing to say l a and the a fire department here as well as cal far california fire. they try and really the best, but they have no way are handling all those fires you. they're completely overwhelmed actually don't. as you were seeing their stuff on more fires are starting all the time. do we have any indication of how bad things could get? well i look as, as soon as the wind picks up, the more winds stronger the wind, the more fire danger, the bigger and faster can those fires grow and that is many can do nothing if you have. so it's like aerial assets, but you can't employees and deploy them, can put the

hollywood hills, that area is now threatened. how bad can this get? >> i'll be honest. we're getting a good upper hand on this. we're very thankful for it. and it's because we've had a little help from mother nature, especially in comparison to yesterday's significant winds. they've died down a little bit. so our aircraft is making some strategic water drops. but yet again, it's another iconic location of los angeles that's on fire. >> given those multiple fires, do you have all the resources you need? >> you know, personally for the los angeles city fire department, we would like more firefighters. you know, the city of los angeles is increasing and growing, and our call volume is going up. normally we run about 1500 emergency incidents a day. yesterday we ran almost 4000 emergency incidents. but when you get a large scale incident like this, we have neighbor helping neighbor and that's automatic aid from the nearby fire departments that help us and state mutual aid all across the state of california and even beyond federally assisting especially financial to get the r

nos encontramos justamente en hollywood hills en este incendio. un incendio nuevo. espaldas pueden ver esta colina que es precisamente la que ha tomado fuego. la que ha tomado fuerza con los vientos que, aunque no son tan fuertes como los de ayer, obviamente ha ha tomado el control de esta colina que desafortunadamente está completamente llena de maleza seca, lo que sería la perfecta combinación con el poco aire que hay. y este fuego para que pudiera extenderse rápidamente. pero hasta el momento la. afortunadamente, las las autoridades han estado llegando con algunos helicópteros y tirando agua justamente como lo estamos viendo en este momento, algo que es muy afortunado y que ayer no se podía hacer por la fuerza del viento y también por las ráfagas tan fuertes que no permitían que ninguna aeronave estuviera sobrevolando el área de pacific. a donde todo ocurrió la noche de ayer y dejó devastación a su paso. en la parte de abajo podemos ver algunas de las autoridades, camiones de bomberos y policía que están asegurándose de que todas las personas en el área sean desa

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

last night in hollywood hills, they are getting a handle on that one with help of helicopters. since 1984, this is unusual. 1984, only four fires, major fires in january, last one being 2001, that was 10,000 acres. this is much larger than that. 130,000 remain under evacuation, and over 300,000 do not have power. that is frustrating and it will take time because they have to ifrnspect the lines, they will not get power back for several days. >> ainsley: a lot of this was uncontrollable, winds, dry ground, not getting rain in california. however, i heard a lady yesterday on "fox and friends" that said there was no alert system to tell them to get outs, she lived in pacific palisades and she was upset about the water running out. she said please ask this, we need to know if we need to get out not just last minute. >> generally speaking, you get an alert on your phone. mine has been going off a dozen times. i don't live in this area, i live in malibu, i did not get an alert on my phone. we'll have to find out when did the city or county put it out and how widespread it was. it mov

five fires are raging out of control, and the newest one, the sunset fire in hollywood hills. danya bacchus is at the largest fire burning in pacific palisades. yesterday firefighters were fighting flames in near hurricane-force winds. will conditions be any easier today? >> reporter: they could. the winds have died down significantly which means they could make some progress on this fire which, of course, is something they are all hoping for. this morning we are now starting to see just how destructive these fires have been in neighborhood after neighborhood, homes and buildings reduced to rubble. an apocalyptic scene. thousands of acres burned from multiple brush fires. wednesday evening a new inferno erupted in the hollywood hills. >> our house is -- you can tell it's next, and we're getting out. area streets gridlocked with new mandatory evacuation orders in effect for thousands more residents. >> please leave the area. >> reporter: the scope of damage already done is now visible for the hernandez family who lost their home in the eaton fire. >> the only thing that's basic

this is about five miles or so from the fire we showed you in the hollywood hills. flames engulfed multiple homes. one of them collapsed on live television. just unbelievable. the palisades fire is still burning. it has burned almost 16,000 acres and hundreds of homes. they are tallying up the damage and the number will surely climb. the eaton fire has taken entire blocks in both altadena and pasadena where not just homes burned but businesses like a bank, a martial art studio. a supermarket. gas station. schools, much more. it burned almost 11,000 acres and is still zero percent contained tonight. multiple times we saw people standing there in awe watching their homes burn including a 91-year-old man who lived in his home six decades. >> i am going to break down again. that's the way i feel. it's my whole life. >> everything was in there. we lost everything. >> reporters and photographers jumped in to help including a crew from our la station who helped save a woman's pet chickens. >> we are trying to save some chicken ins the backyard from the lady sobs outside. w

it broke out in the hollywood hills neighborhood last night, prompting even more evacuations in the area. as of now, that is 0% contained. it's only 43 acres. the flames last night were approaching iconic parts of hollywood, including the tcl chinese theater on hollywood boulevard. by that point, though, the wind speed had slowed enough for area firefighters to battle the flames by air, potentially averting, at least for now, a different level of disaster. but this break in the high winds could be, sadly, a short lived. winds are picking back up and will remain gusty into at least friday afternoon, with two more dangerous wind events in the days to come. at least five people have died in these fires, though officials today cautioned, quote, frankly, we don't know where the true death toll stands. they believe more people have likely been killed, and we just haven't learned about it yet in total, so many people, countless have lost everything. thousands of homes and cars, businesses, structures destroyed or damaged. today, officials are facing questions and criticism over the city's respo

a new brush fire broke out in the hollywood hills area of los angeles late wednesday. firefighters there say there. these are some of the most historic and worst fire conditions on record. check out the situation. what it looks like across the region. other blazes are burning across that region, dangerously close to key landmarks, which you can see on that map. authorities saying that the lidia fire is the only one partially contained, and even then it's only at 40%. for more, we're joined by l.a. fire department captain sheila kelliher barco. captain, thank you so much for joining us and for keeping us constantly up to speed for well over a day now. i wonder what you can tell us right now about the latest fire to break out. >> so we have that sunset fire, which is in kind of the hollywood hills area. and right now, the last reports, it's still sitting at about ten acres. i did see some video footage, and there is some pretty extreme fire and flame links right there. so they may have hit a really strong fuel pocket in there. all i can hope is that the wind is really st