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 str

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the residents of studio city, we stand with you. and in silmar, we have at least achieved some containment of the hurst fire but we have a long way to go and we're watching and standing with you. this is a moment where we will share detailed updates but we will not forget that behind each of these up dates is a person who deserves our support. with that, gas shutoffs continue to affect more than 15,000 people in malibu from brentwood country club to pepperdine. a boil water advisory remains in effect for the sunset mesa and topanga canyon in malibu including communities of big rock and carbon mesa, metro fares remain suspended thanks to the leadership of metro board chair and our ceo. if you have essential travel today, please do so safely away from the areas of the evacuation orders. if you do not have essential travel, please remain indoors. for the latest updates and service impacts, you can go to alerts.metro.net. l.a. counting assessor has -- misfortune, calamity, damage assessment for property owners affected by the fires at a

this is the moment a house in studio city collapses.ee the flames completely engulf the structure as it falls. more than 137,000 people have been evacuated — thousands more — have been told to pack up their things and be ready to go. paris hilton and billy crystal are among the hollywood stars who've lost their homes — here in the heart of the american film industry. the firebrigade in california has flock told the bbc the fires raging in the los angeles area are rapidly expanding. the firebrigade in california has told the bbc the fires raging in the los angeles area are rapidly expanding. they are in these areas — palisades, eaton, hurst, lidia and sunset. the worst of those — and the first fire to erupt on tuesday — is in palisades. the only thing that is basically standing is the chimney and now it is nothing. everybody, no justice community, the everybody, nojustice community, the community next door, everybody up there who have lost everything, it is pretty devastating, i don't think la has seen anything like this before.— this be

two new fires have crews scrambling in southern california tonight, this one in studio city. big flames bringing down that house in a densely populated area. not far. a fast moving fire in the hollywood hills. it had a lot of people nervous. mandatory evacuations quickly ordered. all of this happening as the devastating palisades at eaton. fires continue to burn. the destruction so widespread it's almost impossible to comprehend. we lost everything we owned. but. it doesn't even look like a house anymore. fire crews are spread thin and the threat is far from over. please, please, please, if you don't need to be in the area, we don't need you in the area. it is going to be another long and unnerving night for the los angeles area. more than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders tonight. some of those people forced out of their homes late this evening as this fire broke out in studio city. multiple homes on fire. sky ranger overhead as one of those homes collapsed. our crew on the ground says four homes are destroyed and two others threatened. crews remain in attack mod

and in studio city, a fire erupted along laurel canyon and mulholland drive. the flames engulfed a four story home, then the home collapsed on the hillside. the fire then spread to nearby brush, brush and buildings. thankfully, firefighters were able to get this fire under control. >> now, fire agencies from across the bay area and beyond have been heading to southern california to provide assistance to crews battling those fires. this includes strike teams from sonoma county. let's welcome santa rosa division chief fire marshal paul lowenthal to mornings on two. to learn more about what's happening. thank you for being with us. thank you. first of all, how many firefighters from the north bay are either in or heading down to southern california from just santa rosa and across sonoma county alone, we've got over 65 firefighters. >> that includes two strike teams, each with five engines apiece. a task force with five engines, as well as numerous overhead, including strike team leaders and other chief officers that are assigned to incident management teams. >> c

showing large plumes of smoke coming up from the national forest and clear in these live shots in studio city. you can see structures falling to the ground. cal fire says that the fire that broke out yesterday there an antelope valley broke out near acton. and that's about 50 miles north of the city of l a the latest data shows that it's burned about 384 acres. it's about 40% contained. so firefighters and actually make some progress. there are just so many structures, as you can see, have been burned. >> and now distance, the smoke coming up from the libya and we also have the hearse fire that we're following in san fernando. and crews have been putting fire retardant on that. fighting it from the air. as you can see, they issued mandatory evacuation orders and this fire has burned about 800 acres. it's 10% contained at this point. and then there's the fire. and this is the one that we spent a lot of time discussing yesterday here on the kron 4 morning news because this was the deadly fire we refer reported the first 2 people dying from that. an altadena. now that has grown to 10,000 acres.

it's being named as the likely cause of this house fire in nearby studio city over 50 firefighters responding to the 4 story blaze. thankfully, nobody was hurt. fire officials are saying embers from the sunset fire might have started it. meanwhile, in northern los angeles county, we have the lydia fire that's burning in the antelope valley. our only sister station ktla, posting this picture showing large plumes of smoke coming from the angeles national forest. according to cal fire. it's part of wednesday afternoon, right near acton. that's about 50 miles north of the city of l a the latest data showing its burn 340 acres and is thankful e 40% contained. now let's talk about the hearse fire. that's when burning since tuesday evening, right in sylmar. not too far from san fernando. this is actually video crews dumping fire retardant in the area trying to get that fire under control. the fire caused an emergency officials to have to issue a mandatory evacuation order so far. cal fire says it's far more than 800 acres and is only 10% contained. cal fire saying the deadly eaton fire burning in al

. >> lafd also responded to and extinguished fires in pacoima, hollywood, studio city and more. >> the bay area continues, sending first responders south to help in the firefight. oakland's fire chief says his teams are working seamlessly with the lafd. >> it is a very coordinated attack, so they're asked to do a specific task as a group. they move together, they do what needs to be done, and then they'll give additional orders and they'll move as a group to the to wherever else they'll need it. >> marin county, also supplementing its presence on the front lines. grand groneman took an aerial tour friday morning to better assess obstacles. >> the challenges are definitely greater when it comes to an incident outside of our primary area, but we're well accustomed to it. we're very used to working with these partners around the state and trying to achieve the mission that that we've set out to do. >> as crews push to contain the flames, a political fire is raging around l.a. mayor karen bass. critics point to fire budget reductions, which were soon after restored as a contributing factor

you see studio city, california, what we saw in the commercial break was a house explode if you will.ible or likely that the lineup fires fires we were showing you extended down and in the embers that picked up and moved during these events caught fire so now we aren't saying it's two separate fires but it does look like the fire we've been calling the hollywood hills fire expects band and to studio city where you see more action down there and a house exploded in another burned. there were telling matt earlier they believed they had the fire contained in that might still be the case but at the very least some wild embers got loose and you can see how they are fighting a new area in the fire as we told you all day. it's a very fluid active situation and the embers move very fast and are very hot and very dry. let's bring an legal fellow steve great to have you on the show we talk to you about it before but why does california not have water to fight the fires. >> well, it starts with a hundred billion gallons they spill into the pacific ocean every year because of the delta smelt wate

incendios que se registraron anoche, en las Últimas horas, veÍamos por el Área de hollywood hills studio cityma rÁpida por las condiciones del viento que han mejorado. esta es la imagen que nos estamos encontrando por ahora aquÍ en altadena. asÍ como estÁ el Último reporte que sabemos de las autoridades, ya son mÁs de mil viviendas destruidas, hay 800 bomberos combatiendo los fuegos obviamente por esta zona las llamas ya pasaron y bien, asÍ no les miento. o sea, pasamos un cerco. vamos a otra vivienda y es la misma, misma imagen que se repite aquÍ. vamos a hablar con el propietario de esta vivienda que llegÓ a ver lo que sucediÓ este dÍa. seÑor, su nombre, por favor. >> david gutiÉrrez. >> seÑor david. eh, cuÉnteme un poco cuÁnto tiempo tenÍan viviendo aquÍ. y ahora con quÉ se encuentran? >> pues ahora tenemos aproximadamente 22, 23 aÑos viviendo aquÍ en esta propiedad. lo adquirimos como en el aÑo 2002 y le hemos estado haciendo modificaciones, claro, verdad? interiores, para que se vea mÁs presentable, pero pues desgraciadamente, pues la situaciÓn se se volviÓ difÍcil con el fuego. >> cuÉnt

another fire broke out in the hills of studio city. 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. >

it shows a house in studio city on fire and there it is collapsing. there. fire officials say this home likely caught fire because of embers from the sun set fire, which has been burning in the hollywood hills. the sunset fire is the 6th major fire to burn across la county over the last 48 hours that erupted just before 6 o'clock tonight south of sunset boulevard north of sunset boulevard and has burned about 19 acres near the hollywood walk of fame and other iconic landmarks. of course it is at 0% containment tonight. this new fire adding to the chaos in la county that fire crews are having to deal with there battling the massive palisades fire as well. yeah. it's now been dubbed the most destructive fire in los angeles county history and it's left many people without homes. >> it's just it's just shocking just to look around. it didn't seem real. >> the palisades fire has grown to nearly 16,000 acres and it is still at 0%. containment. >> there are the 6 fires burning in the la county. if you see on this map here, the eaton fire is also continuing to rage

for air operations, and that has enabled significant progress against the fires in hollywood and studio cityt. as of 7:30 this morning, evacuation orders in hollywood have been lifted. caitriona: the fires began on tuesday morning in l.a. and you can see from this time lapse just how quickly the fire spread over the course of a few hours, ripping across the surrounding area, fueled by drought and wind. if -- it continue to spread across two large swathes of los angeles county. these images from nasa show the scale of the smoke that has been blanketing from the region for the past several days. the largest fire broke out in the hills to the city's west spreading across the area and into the neighborhood of pacific palisades. that is not the only area that has been affected. there are four other fires raging around the city. the second-largest is in the area of altadena, 14 miles, or 23 kilometers, north of downtown l.a. and that is where our correspondent, helen humphrey, is at the moment. describe to us what it is like where you are there in altadena right now. helena: we are still in an eva

the sun swept fire that destroyed a for story home in studio city last night. the powerful winds caused flames to spread to nearby brush. but crews were able to quickly knock down the flames. keeping them from growing passed. just one acre the cause of this fire is under investigation. as for the hearst fire that's in sylmar. so far it has burned 855 acres. officials say that the flames are 10% contained. there are no reports of any homes at least at this time. that fire broke out late tuesday night near where the 5 freeway meets the 14 in the 2.10 freeways, some areas of sylmar remain under evacuation orders. just north of the the hearst fire is the lydia fire. that's 40% contained. crews worked quickly yesterday to stop the forward progress of that fire. so far burned 340 acres and some roads, though, still remain closed as those fires continue to burn the price to rebuild. well, that continues to go up. the palisades fire that's burning, as we have mentioned, some of the most expensive real estate in the country where the median home value is over 2 million

take a look at the situation in studio city. a large house caught fire and the flames then spread to other homes. the embers landed on the hillside and started a bunch of small spot fires. firefighters are making progress though, putting those out right now. >> let's get to that scare in the hollywood hills. the sunset fire started around 6 p.m. near runyon canyon and the hollywood bowl. it spread fast, with some neighbors trying to put out spot fires, others evacuated, creating a traffic nightmare. heading into hollywood. as tim caputo, with our sister station in los angeles shows you, the fire is not out, but the situation is at least looking a bit better. >> you're practically looking straight up, because this is obviously a steep hill where we are right now. you actually see a firefighter on get the light too much on him, but working on putting out some of those hotspots on this fire, it's not raging at the moment. you barely see flames here and there. there is obviously hotspots and embers that are kind of coming off some o

take a look at the situation in studio city.a large house caught fire and the flames then spread to other homes. the embers landed on the hillside and started a bunch of small spot fires. firefighters are making progress though, putting those out right now. >> let's get to that scare in the hollywood hills. the sunset fire started around 6 p.m. near runyon canyon and the hollywood bowl. it spread fast, with some neighbors trying to put out spot fires, others evacuated, creating a traffic nightmare. heading into hollywood. as tim caputo, with our sister station in los angeles shows you, the fire is not out, but the situation is at least looking a bit better. >> you're practically looking straight up, because this is obviously a steep hill where we are right now. you actually see a firefighter on get the light too much on him, but working on putting out some of those hotspots on this fire, it's not raging at the moment. you barely see flames here and there. there is obviously hotspots and embers that are kind of coming off some of

fires have been extinguished in several neighborhoods, pocoima, hollywood, studio city, where people were told they had to evacuate and those evacuation orders have been rescinded. and as our first responders are out there putting their lives on the line, as the vice president mentioned, they've been experiencing the losses as well, as well as the city and the county workforces. we have a number of our employees who have had to evacuate while responding. their families have had to evacuate, or they've had the loss, the personal loss of their homes, their places to worship, their schools, or their businesses. but los angeles, the region, we are going to recover. we're going to recover, and we're going to rebuild, and we're going to rebuild better. one of the biggest challenges that is facing us, and i also know that it is a national situation, is insurance. and so today i'm here at the county hall of administration. we do two press conferences a day, one in the county, one in the city, and we had our state insurance commissioner here. we do have a state plan, but that state plan certa

at this point, we are 17 members of my family in a hotel in studio city.econd hotel within the last five days. just uncertain what happens after wednesday. >> tell us, you have lost everything, what do you need? how can we support you, you are speaking for folks devastated because they have lost their home, everything. that means -- >> at this point, i think and i can't speak for the whole community, just the instability is most impactful. after a couple days of living in an airbnb or hotel, just trying to find some normalcy, when you don't have a dwelling or anything to land, that makes it really difficult. a lot of us have to get back to work because we can't afford to be off or need something to do. so as you think about that, what are transitions going to look like and providing some shelter is the biggest thing. >> lawrence: one of the things i was touched by, i was reading your notes before you came on the show, how you talked about, you are grateful everyone survived. at this moment, you have lost everything, yet your faith was the big thing, everyo

and just in the last hour, as for story dwelling in studio city collapsing as flames can lee engulfed the structure there. thank you for joining us tonight for kron. 4 news at 10. i'm dan thorn and i'm noelle bellow. there are now at 6 major fires burning across los angeles county. the most recent one began in the hollywood hills. >> just several hours ago, fire officials say the home we just showed you collapse likely caught on fire due to embers from the hollywood hills. flames. this said new fire adding to the chaos and the la county as crews continue to battle the massive palisades fire. has now been dubbed the most destructive fire in los angeles county history. >> and has left many without the homes. it's just it's just shocking just to look around. it didn't seem real. will the palisades fire has grown nearly 16,000 acres and it is still. >> at 0% containment tonight. >> elsewhere across la county, the eaton fire is also an contained tonight. it continues to rage near pasadena. those flames have scorched more than 10,000 acres. the lydia fire burning in the angeles national for

43 acres. 0 containment and that sunset fire is being named the likely cause of a house fire in studio city. and you can see that one that for story house just collapsed in the heat of that fire. and then there's the northern los angeles county fire called the lydia fire enamel of ali and ktla posted this picture. we can see the plumes of smoke rising from that fire in angeles national forest. that one is near act in and the latest data shows that's about 350 acres big. but allen's 40% qbs. so some good news there. but hearst fire, which is another one that we're following here. >> that broke out tuesday evening in sylmar just. at this point you can see they're attacking from the air as crews were dumping fire retardant on the area. that fire is clearly not under control. it's 10% contained right now, but it's still growing 855 acres burned so far. >> that the latest on the hearst fire, then there's the eaton fire and this has been deadly so far. now, 5 people >> have been killed in this fire. it is 10,000 plus acre 0% contained at this point. this is a big one that started tuesday night wh

three of them were new to in studio city and one in brentwood and one in hollywood.copters are up we have almost twice the number of firefighters as we did a day and a half ago. that is all making a difference. closer to 25 miles per hour not 75 palisade has a lot of celebrities tom hanks, steven spielberg, bradley cooper, reese witherspoon and this is where you would see them the center of town where i am right now the walking street, the boutiques the nails of on an antique store. as you see it's all been destroyed it's been turned to rubble basically about a thousand homes and businesses destroyed. one issue water or lack of it because firefighters ran out of water, the dwp has 31 million-gallon takes, those ran out mayor bass said it did not happen in the dwp says it did. >> we were pushing so much water and so much water was being used we were not able to feel fill the tanks of the consumption of water was faster than we can provide water. >> water remains available in the palisades through hydrants and water tankers that have been deployed. claims that the tank

fires popped up in the famous runion canyon and near studio city where multi story homes were consumed by red hot flames. reduced to ash as resources there are limited with a lack of at higher elevations. >> for whatever reason no water. literally using the garden hose to fill up the truck. >> the infrastructure was taxed and power went out and water pressure was lost. >> we continue to work around the clock with other water agencies to increase the supply and pressure of the water system. >> l.a.'s budget now in the spotlight amid revelations mayor karen bass cut fire funding $6 million last-year-old while prioritizing the city's homeless problem. last month, l.a. city's fire chief sent a letter to the board of fire commissioners writing that the cut, get: has severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large scale emergencies. including wildfires. mayor bass responding to today. >> there were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with. >> bass also denies claims she was an absent mayor while o

>> well, i live in the studio city area, so this portion of l.a. is in good shape right now.ut i have been listening to william. it's interesting, historically, these things repeat themselves over and over again. all the places that he was just mentioned coincidentally for nearly the last 10 years of my career from 2,000 to 2010. i worked in malibu at the station nearby where he is at at carbon canyon so during that period of time -- i can see right now these pictures on pch, malibu. i went through all the fires that we have there. now i'm seeing it repeat itself exactly again. back in 1993, the fires happened all in the same day in order just like it's doing here. that time there was the quinn know a mason fire. eat ton canon fire, same thing. fired by fire laguna beach. followed by the malibu toe pang go fire in 1993. now we have a series of three major disasters going again. and same issues again with water pressure. winds are too high for the aircraft to fly. chief freeman my fire chief some years ago, he had spoken to a group of people who said, you know, there is only s

brentwood, two in studio city. with the winds down.he helicopters up and almost double the number of firefighters. it's making a difference. today we expect winds closer to 25 not 75. but, we are not out of the woods yet. and i am in the pacific palisades. this, of course, is the worst hit. a lot of celebrities here, you know, speilberg, hanks, witherspoon. antioch. all up and down here daylight you will be able to see it's all destroyed. all of these. about a thousand homes and businesses in the palisades all destroyed. now, here's one of the issues that we're of main concern here. of course, it is water. you have heard a little bit about it, right? lack of it. because firefighters ran out of water, now dwp has three reserves or tanks about 1 million gallons each. over the fire in the first 24 hours, first 12 hours, actually, they ran out of water. >> because we were pushing so much water in trunk line and so much water was being used before it can get to the tanks, we were not able to fill the tanks fast enough. the consumption of wa

. >> lafd also responded to and extinguished fires in pacoima, hollywood, studio city and more. >> the bay area continues, sending first responders south to help in the firefight. oakland's fire chief says his teams are working seamlessly with the lafd. >> it is a very coordinated attack, so they're asked to do a specific task as a group. they move together, they do what needs to be done, and then they'll give additional orders and they'll move as a group to the to wherever else they'll need it. >> marin county, also supplementing its presence on the front lines. grant groneman took an aerial tour friday morning to better assess obstacles. >> the challenges are definitely greater when it comes to an incident outside of our primary area, but we're well accustomed to it. we're very used to working with these partners around the state and trying to achieve the mission that that we've set out to do. >> as crews push to contain the flames, a political fire is raging around l.a. mayor karen bass. critics point to fire budget reductions, which were soon after restored as a contributing factor

the sunset fire is burning in the hollywood hills and right near studio city. 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

what excuse me, should say that this was the likely cause of this house fire in an era in nearby studio city hurt here. fire officials say embers from the sunset fire may have started this incident. in northern los angeles county. bolivia fire is burning in the antelope valley. a picture showing large plumes of smoke coming from the angeles national forest. according to calfire this park yesterday afternoon and afternoon near acton. that's about 50 miles north of the city of los angeles. the latest data shows it has burned 348 acres and is 40% contained. the hearst fire that's been burning since tuesday evening in sylmar. not far from san fernando. this is video of crews dumping fire retardant in the area to get that fire under control. the fire caused emergency officials to issue a mandatory evacuation order so far tell fire says this has burned more then at 670 acres with 10% containment. cal fire says the deadly eaton fire burning near alta. dina has burned more than 10,000 acres. no containment here. it's being blamed for the deaths of 5 people. according to fire officials. this started

we stayed in studio city last night. there is a strong smell of smoke. it's like we couldn't escape it. the needs are hard to fill. that's a good point because we were just talking about that in our council meeting. we are trying to find a place to set up and provide these, but, obviously, it needs to be as close to the perimeter as possible. but we are not going to be able to get back in for a long time, for good reason. it's dangerous. there is gas. there is just so much going on. toxic fumes. so for our own protection we are being kept away where we probably need to get. there are residents who their homes didn't burn it who are s staying there. pasadena has been incredibly useful. the civic center is open. we are ertrying to set up -- asn elected official, that's one of our biggest hurdles is making sure that we have ways for people to easily get our information an know where to go and then provide that space. >> is there an online -- i mean, to the extent that people are able to access it, place that people should be going for information right now?

this 4 story house that went up in studio city. and again, just an example of how it wasn't near the fire. but the embers blew in the wind and and this house, one of many that troy. meanwhile, in northern la county, the lydia fire is burning in the eno valley. and this isn't an image. >> that came to us from our sister station, ktla, where you can see the plumes of smoke coming up there in the distance. just one of a number of fire sending up smoke in the angeles national forest. cal fire says that one broke out wednesday about 50 miles north of downtown la. about 348 acres in size right now. good news is it's about 40% contained. hopefully they can get that one knocked out so they can focus on the other larger fires. one of the bigger fires is called the hearse fire, which isn't are not too far from san fernando. >> and they've been using it fighting it by air. you can see the fire tired of being dropped there. there are mandatory evacuations that fire has grown to 855 acres. it's 10% contained and compared to the big 2 fires whic

. >> and in studio city, a fire erupted along laurel canyon and mulholland drive. those flames engulfed a four story home, which then collapsed on the hillside. the fire then spread to nearby brush and buildings, but thankfully firefighters were able to get the blaze under control. >> as these wildfires continue to burn across southern california, there is growing concern of the long term effects this disaster will have on what many call a home insurance crisis in california. local leaders have been told nearly a third of the homeowners in pacific palisades do not have home insurance. let's get some more insight, as we often do by welcoming former fema coordinator mark neveau to the night. thanks for being with us. >> good morning gasia. >> i know a lot of people don't think about insurance until after they need it. does that figure one third without insurance surprise you at all? >> no. especially given what's taken place in the state with insurance. tom vacar reported yesterday about how the state insurance commissioner has reached an agreement, tentatively with

take a look at this from studio city. last night a large house caught fire and the flames then spread to other homes, the embers landing on the hillside and then starting a bunch more smaller spot fires. >> at this hour, the only known deaths from these wildfires have been caused by the eaton fire. five people have been found dead, and that fire is burning out of control near the altadena and pasadena areas. reporter leanne suter shows us how crews are now checking on burned out homes. >> we've been following one of the l.a. county fire crews up here in altadena. we are on mendocino near santa anita avenue. they are going from house to house here, trying to turn off all of the utilities. that is a major issue in all of these burned houses. so they've been able to get their tools and they're coming in and shutting off the gas lines, and they're doing that so that none of these fires can reignite or spark some other blaze. we were just a short time ago up at a home that had burned on one side, one house burned. firefighters

take a look at this from studio city. last night a large house caught fire and the flames then spread to other homes. the embers landed on the hillside and started a bunch of other smaller spot fires. >> right now, the only known deaths from these wildfires have been caused by the eaton fire. that's where five people have been found dead. that fire is still burning out of control near the altadena and pasadena areas. reporter leanne suter shows us how crews are now checking on burned out homes. >> we've been following one of the l.a. county fire crews up here in altadena. we are on mendocino near santa anita avenue. they are going from house to house here, trying to turn off all of the utilities. that is a major issue in all of these burned houses. so they've been able to get their tools and they're coming in and shutting off the gas lines, and they're doing that so that none of these fires can reignite or spark some other blaze. we were just a short time ago up at a home that had burned on one side, one house burned. fir

there's another one burning near the studio city area. it's the seventh fire burning out of control in the southland tonight. thank you for sticking with us at this late hour. i'm bill melugin. it is 2 a.m. in new york. it's 11 p.m. right here in los angeles, where these deadly fires, fires which have been fueled by these hurricane strength winds, have already burned more than a thousand homes and structures. right now, you are taking a live look out at the palisades fire, the biggest fire happening in l.a. county tonight. that fire, over 16,000 acres already. just to put that number in perspective for our viewers, that's an area bigger than the size of manhattan island in new york city. 0% containment out at that fire. the good news, if any. there are no reported fatalities at that fire so far, but fire officials are still sweeping through the area, and they still have a lot of active flames to deal with. the santa ana winds, the worst of them, may be receding, but the flames so far are not. you still see them marching up the mountain? u

dramatic images out of the studio city neighborhood overnight, where a home caught fire and then collapsed, sending embers flying. but thanks to the quick action of los angeles firefighters, that fire was contained before the nearby hillside could be engulfed in flames. there are now several major fires burning across l.a. county, most of them 0% contained, and they're being fueled by powerful hurricane force wind gusts. more than 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders or advisories, many getting out with just moments to spare. >> houses were on fire. there was gas shooting out into the road. all of the trees were on fire. i was riding, i had my helmet on and there were branches and embers hitting me, and it was definitely a sight to behold. >> the sunset fire is burning in hollywood hills. that's putting famed landmarks like the hollywood sign into harm's way. at least five people have lost their lives in the fires, and thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed. so many have lost everything. >> this is our nest egg. this is where we moved in when we got married. this i

a separate fire broke out just after 9:00 last night in studio city, not far from the sunset fire inhe hollywood hills. and shortly afterwards, firefighters saw a four story house burned and then collapsed. right now, the firefighters say they don't know whether anyone was inside the home at the time of that fire. officials say firefighters were were were were able to keep the fire contained to that house and also to grass nearby. firefighters, despite working 36 straight hours, say they're still trying to respond to every call they get for help. >> at this time, it appears to be a total loss. it's unsafe for us to go inside, so we're doing final extinguishment from the outside. >> now, even though it has been deemed a knockdown, i saw a lot of firefighters still working this house. describe what happened. >> so just due to the construction features and the way the house kind of pancaked in on itself, there's lots of areas of the home that were unable to get direct access to, to get final extinguishment. so we're going to be here throughout the night with a reduced profile, so we don

>> from the fox studio in new york city, this is "maria bartiromo wall street". maria: happy weekend to all, welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was in position you for the week ahead. i am maria bartiromo deadly fires ravishing los angeles area leaving thousands of homes and businesses and schools obliterated 180,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders the palisades and eaten fires on track to be the most costly in u.s. history max gorden is on the ground in pacific palisades with the major economic impact. >> where i'm standing it looks like a bomb has gone off walk after walk, home after home scenes like this homes that are been reduced to absolutely —-dash and burned onto their foundation. this isn't just any neighborhood this is a desirable neighborhood in los angeles each one of the homes representing a multimillion dollar investment and as a price tag of this firestorm continues to rise into the costliest in u.s. history. according to accuweather, the economic impact of these fire could be $150 billion. interstate where home insurers ar

we will see you ne >> from the fox studio in new york city, this is "maria bartiromo wall street". maria: happy weekend to all, welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was in position you for the week ahead. i am maria bartiromo deadly fires ravishing los angeles area leaving thousands of homes and businesses and schools obliterated 180,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders the pasas

we will see you >> from the fox studio in new york city, this is "maria bartiromo wall

. ♪ >> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." >> happy new yeareveryone, and welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm jackie deangelis in for maria bartiromo. the country rocked by major national security events ahead of president-elect trump's second term. the incoming commander in chief is set to host a big rally in d.c. the day before his inauguration, pushing his plans to secure the border, crack down on crime and if take a hard-line stance against terrorism. trump vowing on social media a to tackle what he called a violent erosion of safety, national security and democracy. but but as preparations for the next administration are underway, gop lawmakers are working to hold the outgoing biden administration accountable for the recent terror incidents before they leave office. here's senator tom cotton. >> the biden administration for four years has stuck its head in the sand to the threat of islamic terrorism. it's just another example of the misplaced priorities of this administratio

. ♪ >> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." >> happy new year