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>> closed captioning brought to you by rue la la. iconic brands up to 70% off retail at rue la la comme at rue la la. >> you never pay full price. sees the deals on top names before they're gone. >> shop. dot com today. >> and welcome back to our continuing coverage. we're coming to you from the pacific palisades from a staging area for firefighters and police and other personnel. you're looking at live pictures of the kenneth fire that is the newest fire started earlier today, started about 50 acres within a couple hours. it's now at about 800 acres is the last estimate. and now the death toll is, uh, is officially seven. five confirmed dead from the eaton fire, which is where it hit pasadena and altadena, and also two now confirmed dead from the palisades fire. um, i want to check in with our natasha chan, who spent the day at an evacuation center in pasadena. she is in altadena tonight. natasha. >> yeah. anderson. the evacuation center was full of people who used to live in these neighborhoods. and these are their homes that are no

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iconic brands up to 70% off retail at rue la. >> la comme at rue la la. you never pay full price.eize the deals on top names before they're gone. >> shop by law.com today. >> the death toll from the wildfires devastating the los angeles area is up to at least 24 people. others remain missing as search and rescue teams go neighborhood to neighborhood looking for victims. and we are learning more about some of the people who have died in this disaster. among them is 85 year old annette rossilli. we're told she insisted on staying in her pacific palisades home with her pets. neighbors encouraged her to leave, but she declined. victor shaw also chose to stay. he reportedly tried to fight the raging eaton fire with a garden hose rather than evacuate his longtime family home. we also heard the story of rodney nickerson, a grandfather who raised his family in the house, which is now burned to the ground. he lived in his altadena neighborhood for more than 50 years. as the fire approached, family members say nickerson refused to leave. our affiliate in los angeles spoke with his daughter.

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