the palisades fire is already the most destructive in los angeles history. well, this fire has certainly devastated palisades. you may have previously known it as a seaside community that's part of los angeles. never before has it experienced this level of destruction or attention. fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, we have a dear colleague here who grew up in palisades, actually, and joining us live now to help us better understand the community that's currently in the spotlight for reasons nobody wants, is our assignment desk manager, jim huntington, sort of the maestro of conducting our crews here. and i know it's got to be so hard for you to come on and talk about this. so, jim, thank you, thank you. >> well, especially with this new number, it just jumped from 1000 to 5000. you know, the palisades is what we call it is always kind of lived in the shadow of malibu and brentwood. it's at the very end of sunset boulevard and sunset begins down by dodger stadium and winds about 20 miles out there. and the village is kind of the center of the community. a

of the areas of the palisades that are still burning. he places that have burned and you can see what used to be a chin up bar. a bench press overhear things like that. we wanted to show you some before and after pictures of the homes themselves. some of the coastal homes in the pacific palisades to give you an idea of what life was like here in los angeles just three days ago and what it looks like now the pacific palisades. there is a reason as you look at these images there is a reason that you have officials that you have the mayor that you have people saying this appears to be one of the most destructive, disasters in los angeles history. that is saying something. for a city that has undergone earthquakes and so on and so forth all kinds of disasters that is truly saying something. so we wanted to give you perspective, a little bit of context to know where we sit today and where we sat just a few days ago and how many lives have changed. remember that the numbers just kind of run into each other. we know there are a thousand plus hom

she lives in the pacific palisades and serves as chair of the pacific palisades community council. redondo beach, california, which is about 25 miles south of the pacific palisades. pacific palisades community council. thank you forjoining us. give us a sense of how you and your family are doing and what do you know about your home at this point. you know about your home at this point-— this point. thank you for havin: this point. thank you for having me _ this point. thank you for having me on. _ this point. thank you for having me on. let- this point. thank you for having me on. let me i this point. thank you for - having me on. let me clarify, on the past chair of the pacific palisades council. we have a current chair sue cole that has been speaking to the media as have others in the palisades. this is really in extraordinary event even for us and we live in a high fire zone for that we always have fire on the mind but this is extraordinary. i'm doing 0k. the mind but this is extraordinary. i'm doing ok. my family and i were able to evacuate. you can see the remnants of our evacu

the worst of them is the palisades fire, where the flames are still spreading and growing. in that community alone, the pacific palisades, officials say more than 1000 structures are gone. homes, businesses, churches, synagogues, the grocery stores, the car wash, the local library, the playhouse, the public high school, and multiple elementary schools. the scale of the devastation and the disruption in the palisades, it really is hard to overstate. even if you had something to come back to, and that is still a big if right now, there's not anything to come back for. no surfaces, no supplies, no education, no people, no neighbors, no community. we have covered fires before. i grew up right here, i grew up in los angeles, i covered fires through michael childhood, people have never seen anything like this. they have never seen anything like what is happening right now. almost no rain in eight months. an unusually dry january, even for los angeles. hurricane force winds, a thickly populated community on roads that are narrow and, in some areas, really steep and very wind the.

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this is the center of palisades village. is the downtown of this very affluent neighborhood on the west of los angeles, up against the pacific ocean, home to many people in the entertainment industry, many hollywood stars. so last night when i left, it was looking bad. the wind was picking up. we actually had to leave because we nearly got hit by some falling debris. those embers that we've been talking about all day, all yesterday, were just flying. and then looks like if you pan around. anderson, when i left last night, all of this was standing. and now it's not. it's an entire block here in the palisades. now, there's also been a lot of talk about water in the middle of the night. 3 a.m. here. they also lost water from the hydrants. questions are being asked right now. this fire, anderson, here in the palisades. 16,000 acres burned. the last fire i covered here, 2021. there was a thousand acres. and we all thought that was a big deal. 16,000 acres. and just to think that yesterday morning, you know, we knew something was

>> this is still part of the palisades fire. since the winds have shifted how we are getting a normal wind pattern, we will see some of the winds start pushing that area of the fire east. that's what we are seeing right now. as you mentioned earlier, that is moving towards brentwood and slowly keeping up -- creeping up. >> trace: it's interesting because when you look at this, it seems to me like it's the biggest flames we have seen in the better part of maybe 18, 20 hours. what does that tell you? >> so a lot of that with the wind change, it's getting into different fuels or more fuels. so the first couple days is when a lot of that fuel was where we saw active fire. with a slight wind shift it's now getting into some of those flanks where we've had containment lines built and this was part of the weather pattern that we were expecting to change a little bit. so this is just on bird you'll that is now being affected by the wind shift pattern. -- unburned -- >> trace: you are saying in essence that this is burning right now an op

what used to be the pacific palisades neighborhood. this fire is burning more than 17,000 acres, 0% of it, as of now, is contained 0%. the eaton fire near pasadena is also 0% contained more than 10,000 acres. the newest fire is called the sunset fire. 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

people think, oh, the palisades, that's rich people. it's not just rich people. >> the state insurance many resorted to does not cover everything. and now scammers, says the lapd are actively targeting vulnerable individuals and families exploiting their distress online, on the phone and in person with fake offers of help. and we have been seeing price gouging with hotels. >> the criminals have decided that this is an opportunity, and i'm here to tell you that this is not an opportunity. >> a friend told me of the 60 children in his kids classes at school here in the palisades. only 12 still have a home to go to. and that friend said he went to mass yesterday and the message was very much fire can take our homes, but it can't take our community. but he said what struck him most was the tears in some of the older people's eyes. erin, they realize that they may never see their homes or their community rebuilt, that they may be gone before the palisades is back to anything like what it once was. erin. mhm. >> claudio diddy guests. >> all r

live on the -- in the palisades. join fox's corporation support of families impacted by the devastating california wildfires. your donation will enable the red cross to respond to and help people recover from this disaster visit. or simply scan the qr code on your screen to support these important efforts. earlier we were watching our local affiliated fox 11 and one of the reporters there was interviewing a young boy came with his parents and realized that his home was gone. it's an amazing back-and-forth. we would like to show you now. we are waiting for susan to finish a live shot and maybe she will join us but you have to see this back and forth in this child's reaction to his home. >> the power went out and then we were going to get dad but he was coming then we had power flashlights, they are so good and they woke us up. and we left our house and then we didn't realize that our house was going to burn like this and a lot of stuff that we left in our house and it's burned. we had a 3d printer and it was so special

this is the pacific palisades there was a tv show called that. a week ago the entire world watched pasadena and our beautiful rows parade and rose bowl. california is such a quintessential place the entire world knows about. so when you see images of a beautiful town and cities on fire it's heartbreaking for the entire world to watch. >> and jason when you hear news come across like there's not enough resources. the fire chief in orange county told us there isn't enough resources. you lived in southern california involved in saint -- state politics what happens in that situation? who is going to be the leader in this. who picks up the baton and says we will get this done? >> cities will get overrun the state needs to come in and the federal government which as unlimited resources needs to get there. not only is the concern the actual fire but the smoke. it's thick in those pictures you people with respiratory challenges to start with and they need to be able to get the mask to get peoples out of this so they can breathe clean air then they worry a

now in the palisades in the downtown.we've seen over the past few days people waiting in huge lines to come in and see their homes. they have now stopped that there are now 200 national guard soldiers here in the palisades guarding the entrances in and out, and also some key locations within the palisades. they do not want looters. there is a curfew, of course, at night as well. so all eyes are on what's going to happen next. while l.a. county officials are going around trying to assess the damage, the first sort of official assessment, because, as i said, a lot of people can't get in. so the county goes around, they take a picture of every house, they upload it. so even if you can't get in, you can at least see whether your house is still standing or not. six people also still unaccounted for here. erin. so, you know, the other striking thing i just heard is that the footprint of this fire has just butted up against the footprint of the franklin fire from a month ago down in malibu, near where you are. erin. >> all right

here along the palisades, this is the heart of the palisades, you've got a restaurant. i mean, down to the banks here in the palisades have been reduced to ash. and unfortunately we've been in the neighborhoods above, below and to each side of the heart of the palisades, and so far they're saying about 1,000, that's a preliminary number, 1,000 structures last we could tell you. that number is going to climb significantly. lester? >> all right, gadi, thank you. >>> until today it was hard to imagine destruction on this scale. today our liz kreutz saw some of the worst of it. >> reporter: a massive and deadly wildfire emergency is unfolding in southern california. from the pacific palisades to pasadena multiple infernos continuing mass destruction of homes and businesses. tens of thousands forced to evacuate. >> last night was one of the most devastating and terrifying nights that we've seen in any part of our city at any part of our history. >> reporter: on the coast the palisades fire exploding to more than 15,000 acres. 75-mile-per-hour winds overnight pushing the flame

numbers of homes and structures destroyed in the palisades. is a major american city. de, mountainside, this is a city where people are living, wiping out the map. >> martha: it is incredible, we watch as the size of those hills behind you, yesterday there were houses along them, now it is sticks and pieces, it's just... it's extraordinary. these are neighborhoods, it's not just a home and another home, these are neighborhoods where people have lived and worked and raised their kids, sr reports that there are schools that have been wiped out, think about that for children right after the holidays, some of their schools are gone. this will take a very long time for these people to rebuild and it recovered from, we hope the lives are safe. matt, thank you for this extraordinary look at this awful situation, with ajit want to bring in, she lives in glendale and los angeles county, evacuated from home a short while ago. delic secure driving, the rain your car car, because what is happening right now? >> yes, so i am in glendale, we are moving away, the smoke are -- the smok

this is the center of palisades village. is is the downtown of this very affluent neighborhood on the west of los angeles, up against the pacific ocean, home to many people in the entertainment industry. many hollywood stars. so last night when i left, it was looking bad. the wind was picking up. we actually had to leave because we nearly got hit by some falling debris. those embers that we've been talking about all day, all yesterday, were just flying. and then looks like if you pan around. anderson, when i left last night, all of this was standing. and now it's not. it's an entire block here in the palisades. now, there's also been a lot of talk about water in the middle of the night. 3 a.m. here. they also lost water from the hydrants. questions are being asked right now. this fire, anderson, here in the palisades, 16,000 acres burned. the last fire i covered here, 2021. there was a thousand acres. and we all thought that was a big deal. 16,000 acres. and just to think that yesterday morning, you know, we knew something wa

the community of pacific palisades. here's nbc bay area's thom jensen tonight as the wind fans, flames and the palisades fire grows, questions about what went wrong are mounting. governor newsom is calling for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure at fire hydrants. and now the l.a. fire chief is pointing fingers at the city. it is my job as a chief to make sure that my firefighters are funded appropriately, are equipped appropriately, and they're trained appropriately. that's why i'm here. that's why i'm in this seat. chief kristin crowley says for months, she's been sounding the alarm about how nearly $18 million in budget cuts to the department could impact the community. we've spoken with the fire commission. you have made it very clear that is department is underfunded, correct? that is absolutely correct. in a bold, transparent interview with our nbc station in los angeles friday, the chief said the city has failed the community. so $17 million cut did not allow us to do what we needed to do a

the community of pacific palisades. here's nbc bay area's thom jensen tonight as the wind fans, flames and the palisades fire grows, questions about what went wrong are mounting. governor newsom is calling for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure at fire hydrants. and now the l.a. fire chief is pointing fingers at the city. it is my job as a chief to make sure that my firefighters are funded appropriately, are equipped appropriately, and they're trained appropriately. that's why i'm here. that's why i'm in this seat. chief kristin crowley says for monthths,he's been sounding the alarm about how nearly $18 million in budget cuts to the department could impact the community. we've spoken with the fire commission. you have made it very clear that this department is underfunded, correct? that is absolutely correct. in a bold, transparent interview with our nbc station in los angeles friday, the chief said the city has failed the community. so $17 million cut did not allow us to do what we needed to do

and this is just a repeating instance right across the palisades. we have seen this throughout the hours we have been here. and obviously it's now been going on for more than 24 hours. in the palisades as we've driven around, they haven't put an official figure on the number of structures lost. i personally have seen hundreds of homes lost today and i'm sorry my eyes are pouring with water as we try to make our way through the thick smoke that is coming from that house. i personally have seen hundreds destroyed. goodness knows what the final figures are going to be. i don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this is likely to be one of the worst natural disasters in california's history. at least in terms of the numbers of properties lost and it's homes, it's businesses. the village which is such a nice area that my children who they attended a charter high school know very well. it's largely gone right now. the high school itself, 30% of the buildings are damaged. they will have to look into what they do with 3000 students who redo back at that

and then out here to the palisades fire. this is where i have the strongest winds right now, 15 to 45 mile per hour gusts. so santa monica and malibu still on high alert. and then we have the eaton fire out in altadena. winds are 10 to 20, so also a lot less in the way of wind. let's get you to that wind forecast tomorrow morning, ten to about 30mph at the lower elevations, but the mountains still could be 40 to 60. and then wait for it here. as we head into friday evening, you'll see it right there. the winds calm down only 5 to 10mph by friday night. that's what we're waiting on. jessica. yeah, that looks so hopeful. all right. thank you very much, jeff. now, check out this home security camera captured the flames of that palisades fire that jeff is talking about spreading through this neighborhood in malibu. this is about 5:00 yesterday evening. now, our crews in los angeles drove through that same neighborhood. today, nearly every home turned to ash and rubble again. at least a thousand homes destroyed in the palisades fi

that includes the palisades fire, which burned the pacific palisades and parts of malibu, and the eaton fire, which roared through altadena. the most immediate threat seems to be on the front lines of the palisades fire this afternoon. you see there homeowners near topanga state park using hoses, shovels and sprinklers just to protect their homes while firefighters continue to attack the flames from the air. there are continued questions about why firefighters ran out of water during the intense fight just a couple of days ago. governor newsom is ordering an independent investigation, nbc news has learned, and confirmed that a reservoir in pacific palisades was dry during the fires. this letter comes just one day after a fire victim confronted the governor about the water issues. is there no water in the hydrants? governor, it's all literally is it going to be different next time? it has to be. in altadena today, a fresh look at the destruction. more than 7000 structures were burned, and some who lost their homes and businesses are seeing that destruction for the first time. let's bring

obviously, in the palisades. it ran out last night. >> the whole story with anderson cooper is a five time emmy winner for long form journalism. cnn's best journalists share deeply reported stories. >> how does it feel to be labeled a conspiracy theorist? amal. >> that's news to me. our k-pop stars discovered or are they made? >> people still have to make a living despite the drought conditions here. >> you're taking prenatal vitamins. we also are using fentanyl. >> the whole story with anderson cooper, i lay on my back, frozen, thinking the darkest thoughts, and then everything changed. >> and i said, you're still you. and i love you, super man. >> the christopher reeve story, february 2nd on cnn. >> and can you see a number in the circle 79.95. you want to try again? >> 79.95. >> i think you might be colorblind. >> i think you're missing the point. >> right? okay, now follow my finger without turning your head. now just follow it with your eyes, okay? i don't think you understand what i'm asking. >> i don't thin

here, along the palisades. this is the heart of the palisades. you have restaurants here. and unfortunately, we have been in the neighborhoods above, below, and to each side of the heart of the palisades. and so far, they're saying about a thousand. that's preliminary structure. a thousand lost. we can tell you, that number is going to climb significantly. >> all right. thank you. until today, it was hard to imagine destruction on this scale. today, our liz kreutz saw some of the worst of it. >> a massive and deadly wildfire is unfolding in southern california. from the pacific palisades to pasadena. multiple infernos, continuing mass destruction of homes and businesses. teps of thousands. >> last night was one of the most devastating we've seen in our city history. >> on the coast, the palisades fire, exploding to 60 miles an hour. 75-mile-an-hour winds overnight overtook the iconic city of malibu, and created this apocalyptic scene, stretching for miles on the california coast. >> we're watching multiple beach front properties here go up in flames. first responders trying

current conditions around the palisades fire right now 62 degrees. thankfully, the winds, at least according to the nearby sites, have been backing off of this throughout the day today. but we're expecting those winds to pulse up later on tonight into tomorrow. out toward the eaton fire is the tough one because we have so much terrain here, so it just depends on what location you're at. you probably have a different weather report, but this one site showing you winds gusting right around seven miles per hour. here's a look at the forecast model. the brighter colors do indicate stronger wind speeds. and look what happens early tomorrow morning out toward the malibu hills, out toward oxnard. we could have winds right around 30 to 31 miles an hour. and then this is tomorrow morning, 7:00, and then into the afternoon hours. looks like we'll scale back on the winds. in fact, we'll see more of a wind flow from the pacific. that's a change in the wind direction. so we're not talking about those offshore winds for tomorrow afternoon, but eventually those offs

the district includes pacific palisades. thank you for being with us. the sun is up. i know some people have been able to observe what is going on in pacific palisades. what is the situation as you know it? >> as you can see, as we are getting our first collapses into the absolute devastation in the pacific palisades, i am absolutely heartbroken for my community here on the west side of los angeles. i am actually at our city unified emergency operations center, where we have all of our city departments, as well as automated emergency efforts with our state and federal partners, our entire city is on level one emergency response right now. it is just devastating to see what is going on in the palisades. we have several hundred firefighters on scene, actively fighting this blaze, which is not yet contained. we are still contending with the high wind conditions and the dry vegetation. this fire is on the move. as you have mentioned, we have unfortunately seen fire incidents break out in other parts of the city of los angeles. i want to be sure there is no need to panic. w

that was an area port of moreno, and parts of the palisades. fires in palisades, in malibu, in pasadena, and silmar. this one in malibu, when i went to bed last night, it had nonot moved into this area. peek peak winds until 5:00 this morning. expecting high winds until thursday. way this is moving, there will be more homes destroyed. >> carley: zero percent containment and five football fields every minute is how quickly this is moving. california is used to wildfires, this feels like another level. what separates this fire from what you have seen in the past? >> persistent high winds. you had embers that looked like a snow storm bouncing along pch. downed power lines and power poles were across pch like this. it is strength of the wind. longer it blows, the dryer t the -- we have had marginal rain over last two months, it's been extremely dry. this wind event is massive. it goes from, l.a. is a basin surrounded by san bernardino mountains and winds coming down, high pressure out of los angeles come down and pick up steam. the breadth of this t

we were in malibu, you were in the palisades. reaking news, the hollywood hills, we have some of the video that christina took today, you were up there. why did you go up and what did you see. >> i don't say this lightly, it was a war zone. you think it would be getting better today as winds tapered off because yesterday was when we were looking at up to 100 mile-per-hour wind gusts but still in every direction you are looking you are seeing fires exploding and erupting. house over here on fire and over here and you are hearing those explosions and i was going down sunset and it's a very narrow road. all of a sudden you hit a big thick wall of smoke and you have to turn around and it's a very precarious situation. i understand why it was so imperative for people to get out so quickly and it's just i think when people return and see what's happened, they will be truly shell-shocked. you see the images on the news but being there, it's truly so devastating and the communities will need to rally together to move past this. >> trace:

and at least one of those was in the palisades fire. as you can tell, the scope of the devastation in pacific palisades that we've seen from the aerial shots today just jaw dropping and astonishing. >> it really is. reporter brianna willis, from our sister station in fresno, has spent the day on the ground there. she joins us now with a closer look at the devastation. >> yeah jr and dan that heartbreaking update tonight. us now learning two people have lost their lives in thishave palisades fire. almost 20,000 acres have scorched in this area. this devastation you can see behind me just one example of that. now tonight here on pch, the wind is actually picking up at this hour. we had to put our our mask back on because there's still so much smoke in the air. but earlier today you guys talked about that containment. the winds died down just enough for there to be more support from the air. now an intense inferno continues to scorch through pacific palisades. >> it is safe to say that the palisades fire is one of the most destructive natur

especially near the pacific palisades. ng earlier today. >> here in the pacific palisades parts of the area it legitimately look like the up and carpet bomb take the street for instance every single house on both sides of the street have been completely wiped out. the rubble still smoldering despite the fact this a fire came through here days ago. ellie officials say more than 5300 structures destroyed here now. you pan up to the hills there that is that new front of the palisades of fire moving east into that mandeville canyon area. now threatening brentwood. arthel: that's a bill melugin reporting earlier today. we also want to share some a public's service num nu numbersr owners or residents impacted this disaster. if you are in the los angeles area you can call any of these numbers. we have them there on the screen but do not worry if you cannot write them down because we will post it on our website buddhists for information on evacuation warnings, local shelters, animal shelters and other aid. again we've also posted t

the palisades fire. it is gusty. you can see 24 mile an hour winds. it is very dry. and the other fire nearby 74 mile an hour wind gusts. so definitely a dangerous situation near altadena as well. look at some of the other wind gusts right now. malibu, 92 miles an hour. malibu hills 83. red flag warning. particularly dangerous situation. red flag warning going right now. and it is in effect until thursday evening as those wind gusts anywhere between 80 to 100 miles an hour in isolated spots will continue. so that is a concern. you look at some of the winds going into the wee hours of the morning. san luis obispo 41, los angeles 37. still gusty for the early morning hours and then the winds will continue to increase and then decrease as we head into wednesday night into thursday morning. you could see the smoke plume from those fires moving out over the ocean. just how ferocious those winds are here in the bay area. we don't have the fire danger. we do have the gusty winds from mount tam. you can see right now it is 52 mile an hour. winds on big rock ridge, 56 mount al

there are a lot we have wealthy people in the palisades. there are a lot of ordinary middle class americans as well and they now have to pick up the pieces quite literally and work out how they continue with their lives. of all the fires i have ever covered in southern california and in northern california for that matter, i have never seen anything like this, because this, after all, is not out in the wild somewhere. this is in densely packed urban area and now we see the damage that it can do and just -- you look up at the hills up there, john and sandra, that's around where it start in the lower reaches of those hills and i can tell you, knowing this neighborhood very, very well, two of my kids, one of them still goes to school here, one went to school here, the people on these streets, i can tell you, would have been thinking oh, it's up in the brush up there. it's never going to be able to get down here. they never would let it get down here. it can't move that fast. and then within hours, this. so a terrifying 24 hours -- 48 hours almo

the biggest and most destructive fire, the palisades fire. it's already destroyed more than a thousand structures and torched 5,000 acres. the flames reaching the iconic malibu neighborhood overnight. another area known for its multimillion dollar homes. then there was this surreal view from above, a plane capturing the massive flames to l.a.x. two people were killed in the eaton area. that's in the altadena area of l.a. county. and the fires are still growing, with crews reporting 0% containment. >> the national weather service has predicted a continued red flag weather event, with strong winds, and low humidities. placing all residents of los angeles county in danger. >> we want to make sure that everybody understands, we are absolutely not out of danger yet. >> among the harrowing evacuations, this one in pasadena, where officials raced to save elderly patients from a nursing home overnight. other evacuees sharing their horror stories, just trying to get out. >> it's like a bad, bad, horrific dream. >> i've been trying to get in my house fo

an aerial attack on the enormous palisades fire, which is menacing brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods. winds are picking up again, strengthening the flames. a further 166,000 people are being warned they might have to leave. and calls to sack the uk treasury secretary because she's been named in a corruption investigation in bangladesh. welcome to bbc news. it's four the morning in los angeles where firefighters are continuing to battle the wildfires that have destroyed huge swathes of the city. the number of people killed has risen to 16, and a dozen are missing after five days of the devastating fires. the two biggest blazes remain largely uncontained, and more strong winds are forecast over the coming days. those two fires have destroyed an area more than twice the size of new york's manhattan. no cause has yet been established for the fires. firefighters have made some progress against the worst of the infernos, the palisades fire, which has scorched more than 35 square miles. it's11% contained, which means barriers or firebreaks have been placed around 11% of its p

the palisades fire has grown overnight. sands more homes are evacuated from the coast all the way east to the 405 freeway. and just beyond that freeway is westwood and the campus of ucla, which is now under an evacuation warning. firefighters maxed out after a round the clock firefighting this morning. the death toll does still stand at 11. more than 12,000 structures, many of them homes, have been burned. this is a live look from our sky ranger in los angeles. we just received an update that the palisades fire has burned more than 22,660 acres. that is about 34mi■!s. asentioned, that mandatory evacuation zone has spread east to the 405 freeway that includes the town of brentwood, which is right next to pacific palisades. and we will continue to update you on all of the latest, including the eaton fire in altadena, where eight deaths are now confirmed. nearly 14,000 acres have burned. fortunately, containment has gone up to 15%. and if you just stick with us nbcbayarea.com our app, you can catch us on roku, amazon fire, goog

she lives in the pacific palisades and previously served as vice—chair of the pacific palisades communityrom redondo beach, california, which is about 25 miles south of the pacific palisades. it is unbelievable. so today is the first full day where people are waking up to the reality, my phone and i assume the telephones of many people have been a light, with sharing information, gathering what they can, sharing with the network and it goes from there. there is no good news, some people have been able to drive into the whether it's remains standing, whether it's in our commercial district which we called the village, the palisades village which is an adorable little sweet little old town. that's historic and sweet at the same time, it's sweet at the same time, its modern and historic at the same time, there is almost nothing there. people's homes have been down, people have been sharing pictures, snapshots with nothing but the skeleton standing. there are famous trees, not so famous trees, neighbourhoods that we know people or historic and have significant and they all just done. signific

i mean, the palisades, it's the size of brentwood. it's like saying, you know, brentwood is is affected. i would say palisades is probably affected from what i saw leaving, i left at 915 and i stayed until about ten. sunset boulevard was enveloped in flames. huntington palisades was enveloped by flames all the way up to to pampas rica's, all the way to the cliff. i was riding down the back streets to get down to chautauqua. 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. >> yeah, i think, uh, it was a perilous journey on your bike, but probably a smart one for the maneuverability to get out of there. have you talked to your neighbors? because we've been. there's a sense that this is ongoing. and right now the focus is on evacuations, saving lives, getting people out. but there's a concern that maybe some people didn't get out in time. what are you hearing from your neighb

pray for the palisades community. hat's all i can do. >> the tight knit neighborhoods of this coastal area first went up in flames on tuesday. gusty winds sending embers flying faster than firefighters could respond. some residents became trapped while trying to escape. >> there was a big decision do i stay in my car and maybe burn to death or choked from, you know, smoke inhalation? or do i run? and i was able to do a u-turn and i went back to my building. i figured, you know what? i'd rather die in my building than in a car. >> grocery stores, churches, community centers, all destroyed by the blaze. >> just so worried. i didn't even sleep last night. i hadn't cried how i did last night in about 4 or 5 years. i couldn't believe it. this is one of the best communities and cities in los angeles. it's the most beautiful, i can tell you that. and it just got ripped to shreds. it's wiped off the map. >> cal fire reports thousands of structures are still threatened by the palisades fire tonight, and we know crews are stretc

pray for the palisades community. that's all i can do. >> the tight knit neighborhoods of this coastal area first went up in flames on tuesday. gusty winds sending embers flying faster than firefighters could respond. some residents became trapped while trying to escape. >> there was a big decision do i stay in my car and maybe burn to death or choked from, you know, smoke inhalation? or do i run? and i was able to do a u-turn and i went back to my building. i figured, you know what? i'd rather die in my building than in a car. >> grocery stores, churches, community centers, all destroyed by the blaze. >> just so worried. i didn't even sleep last night. i hadn't cried how i did last night in about 4 or 5 years. i couldn't believe it. this is one of the best communities and cities in los angeles. it's the most beautiful, i can tell you that. and it just got ripped to shreds. it's wiped off the map. >> cal fire reports thousands of structures are still threatened by the palisades fire tonight, and we know crews are stret

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the largest fires, however, are the palisades fire and the eaton fire. so palisades is here eaton all the way to the east. good news. officials say the woodley fire is now under control. you can see that here in the sepulveda basin. but the other three fires are still at 0% containment. the eaton fire is already being blamed for at least five deaths. it is burning in the community of altadena, just north of pasadena. more than 10,000 acrcres have burned there, and officials have estimated up to 500 buildings may be destroyed. the palisades fire is by far the largest, burning more than 24mi■!s, and t is still raging tonight. the fire first spared sparked pardon me yesterday morning. more than 1100 buildings are believed to be destroyed, and many homeowners are returning to find nothing left. we lost everything we owned but. doesn't even look like a house anymore. it just looks like a. something. officials are warning that the dangers are not over and urging people to be ready to go. if told. more than 100,000 people have already been ordered to evacuate. v

there's no water in the palisades. there's no water coming out of the fire hydrants. this is an absolute mismanagement by the city. it's not the firefighters fault, but it's their city. and i'm going to be very honest. we've got a mayor that's out of the country, and we've got a city that's burning and there's no resources to put out fires. so if you look at your pictures, you don't see the firefighters there because there's nothing they can do. and it looks like we're in a third world country here, and we've got a lot of tough questions that we need to ask the mayor and the city council and our representatives and the county representatives. why didn't you work to mitigate this? what was your brush mitigation program? i heard you earlier talking about it's been dry because there hasn't been rain. that's not the biggest problem here. the brush up in these hills that are controlled by the city and the county. i would bet you that they haven't been. handled, mitigated, pruned, removed for probably 30 or 40 years. this was a disaster waiting to happen. and what's predict

the palisades fire. the operations chief says there is minimal activity in some parts as crews stop the spread of the fires boundary. but officials are warning there is a very significant concern that the fires will grow in the hours ahead. that comes as the death toll climbs to 16. authorities say more bodies will likely be uncovered as cadaver dogs join search and rescue teams. powerful winds are picking up after a brief lull on friday allowed firefighters to start making progress, but that work could be lost, with the largest fire inching closer to brentwood, bel-air and other communities near ucla. and the mayor of malibu says that city has already lost one third of its eastern edge to the palisades fire, which is 11% contained right now. the second largest eaton fire is 15% contained. more than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders, and fema has received more than 16,000 applications for individual assistance. the fire chief says to expect more power shutoffs ahead of life threatening winds,

this is the northern edge of the palisades fire. and there are certainly because the wind has died down today, they're able to get a lot more air assets in the sky and a lot more water. coming down. they've dropped a lot of water from helicopters over the last hour or so. it seems like the wind shifted and suddenly the fire just erupted. exactly. >> you know, afternoons they get the the the wind shifts up here. >> so that's exactly what's happened. and they had to vacate the, the line that we thought were going to put in. so back to a contingency line, come down around these houses and just try to cut this bowl off. >> you guys are doing incredible work. is this the worst you've seen? >> we're from northern california, so this is a little bit different down here. >> there's another fire now. there's a residential community right over here. but there is another fire. as you can see on the other side of it. so there's a lot of different areas that crews are trying to work on. they're trying to kind of build a defensive perimeter around

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it's the northern edge of the palisades. fire and fire crews are trying to dig sort of a barrier of dirt, getting all debris out all over that northern edge of the fire to stop its progression further northward and trying to save the houses in topanga. we watched them for hours drop with helicopters, multiple loads of water on two sides of a mountain. it would seem like they put the fire out every time the water was dropped. the helicopters would then, you know, disappear over the horizon and there's just seconds or even minutes later you'd see more flames just popping up from that same area. we watched them drop at least 3 or 4 helicopters, probably more of water on one particular spot, and it just kept coming back. and so the the right before we left, the wind shifted. to get to your point about the wind. the wind suddenly shifted and the entire sort of valley between these two mountains just exploded in flames. and so it's just a microcosm that's just one spot of, of of fire that has many spots all throughout the palisades

the largest, the palisades fire near malibu, and the eaton fire in the pasadena area. the areas in red are now under evacuation orders, and yellow the areas under warnings and the orange are the fire perimeters. and this is new video from the palisades fire taken by our photojournalist brian kiley down in southern california. a preschool burning to the ground today along with surrounding neighborhoods, the fire is now considered the most destructive fire in l.a. county history. but more than a thousand buildings destroyed, more than 17,000 acres burned. the other major wildfire, the deadly eaton fire in altadena. this has left entire communities in ruin. it's now scorched more than 10,000 acres, destroyed another thousand homes in the hollywood hills, about 15 miles from the palisades area. the sunset fire is now fully contained. nearly 50 acres. it broke out last night, prompted evacuations near some hollywood landmarks, but those orders were lifted this morning. crews were able to hit the flames with an aerial attack, slowing the fire's progress overnight. and foreca

cnn's anderson cooper is live in topanga near the palisades area. rson, tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah. so we've moved a little bit from the position we talked to you in the last hour. we are still in topanga. we're basically just following the fire. we're now in this residential community that firefighters are working very hard to protect. the buildings which have not burned here at this point. i just want to point out a couple of things. there's active fire there on that ridge we have seen. i took some video just about five minutes ago, which i think you have, where you could play of two helicopters coming, dropping, dropping water on that location. but as you can and i believe a number a couple of helicopters had already dropped water on that location, which is just, you know, it's a sight for sore eyes in a community like this to see water and and it seems to douse the fire at first. but as you can tell, jake, that now has restarted. so you've had at least two helicopters dropping water just on that spot. fire. but that has restarted. so the

showing the damage from the palisades fire. red flag warnings have officially expired for much of the l.a. area. that's good news. those high winds that were expected yesterday didn't really materialize. that gave fire crews a chance to make progress with both the eaton and palisades fires. evacuations have also been lifted for several neighborhoods near the palisades fire zone, but some will have to wait at least another week before they can return to their property. we don't want people going back to an area and getting injured, but we're doing it just as quickly as possible because we know that there's a lot of conversation about when can i come back? they want a date. we don't have a date, but we're trying to render the area safe. yeah, we saw some of these things happen here in santa rosa several years ago. the eaton fire is now 55% contained. the palisades fire, 22% contained. the combined death toll for both fires is now up to 27 people. and the questions and concerns continue to swirl around the city of la. strategy and

iberogast. >>> we're back in the pacific palisades. los angeles mayor karen bass says the sunset fire which ignited overnight in runyon canyon in the hollywood hills has been fully contained. a little bit of good news today. but most of the largest blazes that are currently destroying a lot of los angeles county are uncontained. entirely uncontained, including the palisades fire and including the eaton fire. we're going to go to a fire battalion chief in just a second. i want to talk to larry and jacob about the water issues. a lot of residents reported water issues. i was talking to a guy last hour who said he saw firefighters standing around as fires were raging, homes were burning down, and he was told that there just wasn't water. >> yeah, and as jacob just pointed out, the problem here in the palisades was not necessarily a lack of water but more a pressure issue. they had the reservoirs and the tanks pretty much full. >> the reporting indicates that the tanks here, there was some misinformation spread by a local would be politicia