California wildfires live updates: at least 10 people killed; winds expected to pick up again

Summary: latest key updates on LA fires

As California begins to wake up to another day of unprecedented fires, here is where things stand today:

The death toll from wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 10 from seven, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said. All cases are currently pending identification and legal next of kin notification.
There are five wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area. Palisades is the largest with nearly 20,000 acres burning and more than 5,000 structures destroyed. Eaton is at nearly 14,000 acres and still 0% contained. Officials are reporting some progress with the Hurst fire, which is now 37% contained. The Lidia fire in Acton spans about 400 acres and is 75% contained. The newest fire, Kenneth, burning nearly 1,000 acres in LA and Ventura counties, is 35% contained.
LA county sheriffs urged people to stay away from their homes a while longer while downed power lines, open gas lines and damaged structures still posed a threat-to-life risk.
Winds across Los Angeles county are expected to pick up again this evening local time. The National Weather Service said it expects moderate to strong Santa Ana winds. Winds on the Palisades fire are expected to gust up to 40-60 mph. Forecasters expect a short break in winds on Saturday before they pick up again on Sunday and into next week.
National Guard troops were patrolling the streets of Altadena before dawn on Friday after being called in to help protect property in the fire evacuation zone. Troops in camouflage were posted at intersections in the city hard-hit by the Eaton Fire near Jeeps, Humvees and other military vehicles.
California lawmakers are working on legislation to expedite insurance claims. The LA Times reports that Los Angeles assembly speaker Robert Rivas vowed to back a law to help homeowners speed up insurance claims.

Approximately 153,000 residents are currently under evacuation orders and another 166,800 residents are under evacuation warnings, LA county sheriff Robert Luna said.

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About 57,830 structures are at risk, he said.

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LA city fire chief Kristin Crowley said the Palisades fire stands at 20,438 acres with 8% containment.

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More than 3,000 personnel worked overnight to strengthen containment lines and addressed multiple spot fires in and around the Topanga Canyon area, she said.

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Wind gusts are expected to increase in daylight hours that will test containment lines, she said.

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The Kenneth fire, which erupted on Thursday at the border of the Ventura and Los Angeles counties, has been stopped, LA county fire chief Anthony Marrone said.

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The fire is currently at 1,000 acres and 35% containment, he said.

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LA county fire chief Anthony Marrone said the Eaton fire has burned 13,956 acres and is at 3% containment.

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Between 4,000 and 5,000 structures are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed due to the fire, he said.

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More than 1,500 firefighting personnel have been assigned to the Eaton fire, he said.

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At least 10 people have been killed in the wildfires still surging across the Los Angeles area.

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Victor Shaw, 66, was the first of the fatalities to be named, after he died in the Eaton fire raging to the north-east of LA while attempting to extinguish flames at his home of 55 years in Altadena.

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His younger sister Shari Shaw reportedly tried to get him to evacuate as the Eaton fire spread through their neighborhood, but she was forced to leave him behind when he refused to come with her. She fled just as the blaze engulfed their home.

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The local publication LAist reported it is believed that five of the deaths were due to the Eaton fire and two deaths were confirmed by the Palisades fire. It is unclear where the other deaths occurred.

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Anthony Mitchell, 67, who was an amputee, and his son Justin, who had cerebral palsy, were identified as two of the wildfire victims, also in Altadena, named by Mitchell’s daughter, Hajime White, as they were waiting for an ambulance to rescue them.

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“They didn’t make it out,” said White, the Associated Press reported. “He was not going to leave his son behind. No matter what,” added White, who lives in Arkansas.

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Rodney Nickerson, 82, also of Altadena, died in his home, according to his daughter, Kimiko Nickerson, who said he thought he would be okay waiting the fire out in his house.

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Erliene Kelley, a retired pharmacy technician in Altadena who lived very close to the victims Shaw and Nickerson, also died at home in the Eaton fire, the New York Times reported, citing relatives.

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Los Angeles county has apologized after reports that evacuation alerts were sent mistakenly to millions of residents across the county.

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“We are working with Fema to investigate the issue,” it said in a post to X.

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“For the most current status of evacuation orders and warnings please review the map of evacuations on Alertla.org”

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The city of Beverly Hill said earlier today that an evacuation alert was sent mistakenly to residents.

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It came after millions of people across LA received a text message warning them to evacuate, which was followed up by a second alert telling them to disregard the warning.

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As California begins to wake up to another day of unprecedented fires, here is where things stand today:

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The death toll from wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 10 from seven, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said. All cases are currently pending identification and legal next of kin notification.

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There are five wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area. Palisades is the largest with nearly 20,000 acres burning and more than 5,000 structures destroyed. Eaton is at nearly 14,000 acres and still 0% contained. Officials are reporting some progress with the Hurst fire, which is now 37% contained. The Lidia fire in Acton spans about 400 acres and is 75% contained. The newest fire, Kenneth, burning nearly 1,000 acres in LA and Ventura counties, is 35% contained.

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LA county sheriffs urged people to stay away from their homes a while longer while downed power lines, open gas lines and damaged structures still posed a threat-to-life risk.

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Winds across Los Angeles county are expected to pick up again this evening local time. The National Weather Service said it expects moderate to strong Santa Ana winds. Winds on the Palisades fire are expected to gust up to 40-60 mph. Forecasters expect a short break in winds on Saturday before they pick up again on Sunday and into next week.

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National Guard troops were patrolling the streets of Altadena before dawn on Friday after being called in to help protect property in the fire evacuation zone. Troops in camouflage were posted at intersections in the city hard-hit by the Eaton Fire near Jeeps, Humvees and other military vehicles.

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California lawmakers are working on legislation to expedite insurance claims. The LA Times reports that Los Angeles assembly speaker Robert Rivas vowed to back a law to help homeowners speed up insurance claims.

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If ever a situation cried out for elevating national unity over political divisions, the dystopian scenes emanating from the Los Angeles fires surely qualified.

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The catastrophe that has left at least five people dead, more than 1,000 structures destroyed and forced thousands fleeing their homes would – in an ideal and less polarised America – spur humane empathy and solidarity in place of tribal partisanship.

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Instead, amid nightmarish images eerily evocative of Cormac McCarthy’s dark post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, a political firestorm has sparked from Donald Trump and his supporters that seems as scorched earth in its characteristics as the blazes ravaging neighborhoods across Los Angeles.

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Far from calling a temporary truce, the president-elect and his Maga (make America great again) acolytes have used the fires to attack the Democratic political ruling establishment in Los Angeles and California – possibly foretelling power struggles ahead over a range of issues after Trump assumes office this month.

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The attacks have used disinformation, wild claims, conspiracy theories and extremist culture war tropes. But absent from their critique has been any acknowledgement that climate change has played any role in igniting the catastrophic fires – despite a consensus among experts that they have been caused by exceptional environmental conditions, including near hurricane-strength winds, low rainfall and unseasonably high temperatures.

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The Republicans have instead blamed Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, for supposedly failing to ensure enough water was available to douse the infernos – along with his fellow Democrat, Karen Bass, the Los Angeles mayor, who drew flak for not returning from a pre-planned trip to Ghana until after the fires began. Also targeted has been the head of LA’s fire department, Kristin Crowley, derided as a “DEI [diversity, equity and inclusiveness] hire” in reference to her being the first openly gay woman to hold the position.

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We would like to hear from people in the US about the impact the LA wildfires is having on them. How have you been affected and how are you coping?

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Though we’d like to hear from you, your safety and security are most important. When recording or sharing your content with us, please put your welfare and the welfare of others first. Extreme weather events can be very unpredictable and carry very real risks.

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At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders, reports the Associated Press (AP) and the fires have consumed about 45 square miles (117 square kilometers) – roughly the size of San Francisco. The Palisades fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.

\n All schools in the Los Angeles unified school district, the nation’s second largest, will be closed on Friday because of the heavy smoke wafting over the city and ash raining down in parts, and classes will not resume until the conditions improve, officials said.

\n At least 20 arrests have been made for looting, and the city of Santa Monica declared a curfew because of the lawlessness, officials said.

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National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday evening. The county sheriff said to protect properties they will be stationed near the areas ravaged by fire and a curfew was expected to go into effect from 6pm until 6am.

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The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures, officials said on Thursday as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and quickly grew.

\n The fast-moving Kenneth fire started in the late afternoon in the San Fernando Valley just 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from a school serving as a shelter for fire evacuees and then moved into neighboring Ventura County by the evening.

\n Only hours earlier officials expressed encouragement after firefighters aided by calmer winds and help from crews from outside the state saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region’s devastating wildfires that have killed 10 people so far.

\n “We are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds,” Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, said, echoing the forecast that called for winds to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning.

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The Associated Press (AP) reports that the orders came as Los Angeles County officials announced the Eaton fire near Pasadena that started on Tuesday night has burned more than 5,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles. To the west in Pacific Palisades, the largest of the fires burning in the LA area has destroyed more than 5,300 structures.

\n All of the large fires that have broken out this week in the Los Angeles area are located in a roughly 25-mile (40-kilometer) band north of downtown.

\n Dozens of blocks were flattened to smoldering rubble in scenic Pacific Palisades. Only the outlines of homes and their chimneys remained. In Malibu, blackened palm strands were all that was left above debris where oceanfront homes once stood, reports the AP.

\n At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries burned. The Will Rogers’ western ranch house and Topanga Ranch motel, local landmarks dating to the 1920s also burned. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage or specifics about how many structures burned.

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Around 20 people have been arrested in disaster zones since the first fires broke out on Tuesday, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna said, amid reports of looting.

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Luna has pledged to beef up patrols and said his officers – who are soon to be backed up by California National Guard soldiers – will be proactively stopping anyone they see in an evacuation area.

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“When we have an evacuation order by law, if you remain in that area, you are guilty of a misdemeanor. If you commit certain crimes, it could jump up to a felony,” he said.

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“If you are in one of these areas and you do not belong there, you are going to be subject to arrest.”

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Amid reports of looting, Los Angeles county sheriff, Robert Luna, said a nighttime curfew was planned, and the state’s National Guard was on hand to patrol affected areas.

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Governor Gavin Newsom said the service members were part of a thousands-strong deployment of state personnel.

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“We’re throwing everything at our disposal – including our National Guard service members – to protect communities in the days to come,” he said.

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“And to those who would seek to take advantage of evacuated communities, let me be clear: looting will not be tolerated.”

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But with such a huge area scorched by the fires, some evacuees feared not enough was being done and some were taking matters into their own hands, according to a report from Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Nicholas Norman mounted an armed vigil at his home after seeing suspicious characters in the middle of the night.

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“I did the classic American thing: I went and got my shotgun and I sat out there, and put a light on so they knew people were there,” he told AFP.

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The death toll from wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 10 from seven, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said. All cases are currently pending identification and legal next of kin notification.

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Officials have issued an update on the Eaton fire, near Pasadena, which started on Tuesday evening and has burned through 13,690 acres and remained 0% contained.

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Five civilian deaths have been confirmed in the incident.

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The statement said 1,396 personnel were responding to the fire.

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Damage assessments have now verified that 972 structures had been destroyed and a further 84 damaged. Although preliminary estimates suggest the number destroyed could be as high as 4000 – 5000 structures.

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Critical fire weather conditions will continue across the area until at least Friday evening. Winds will likely vary significantly between higher terrain and the lower elevations of the fire, as the area is sheltered from the northeast. There is a chance of critical fire weather conditions developing this weekend and early next week.

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Forward progress of the Kenneth fire has been stopped, according to a social media post by the Ventura County fire department, and reported by NBC News.

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The fire was sparked around 3:34pm and quickly ballooned to 960 acres

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Forward progress of the Kenneth fire has been stopped, and the fire is currently holding at 960 acres with 0% containment.

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Approximately 400 firefighters will remain on scene through the night, continuing to provide structure protection and knock down hot spots.

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There are no reported structures damaged or destroyed. All evacuation orders in Los Angeles County have been reduced to evacuation warnings. Evacuation warnings issued in Ventura County have been lifted.

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Seven people were killed, more than 10,000 structures destroyed and at least 180,000 residents ordered to evacuate in California as fast-moving wildfires burned around Los Angeles, encircling the city.

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On Tuesday, hurricane-force winds blew embers through the air, igniting block after block and destroying an area of land about 45 square miles (117 sq km) over the following days. As of late Thursday, five fires were still raging around Los Angeles, three of them completely uncontrolled.

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Satellite images showed the scale of the destruction from the Pacific Palisades fire, which left the coastline along the famous Malibu neighbourhood scorched black and buildings along the water burned to the ground.

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Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of the wildfires in California, where some of the worst blazes in the region’s history have ravaged homes and reduced entire neighbourhoods to ash. I’m Petra Stock.

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It’s approaching 8pm in Los Angeles and here is a recap of what you need to know.

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There are five wildfires currently raging in Los Angeles county, they include:

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The Palisades fire, at 19,978 acres and 6% containment

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The Eaton fire, at 13,690 acres and 0% containment

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The Kenneth fire, at 960 acres and 0% containment

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The Hurst fire, at 671 acres and 10% containment

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The Lidia fire, at 348 acres and 60% containment

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As we settle in for the third night since wildfires broke out in southern California, here are the top developments of the day:

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Seven people have died, and more than 10,000 structures have burned, in the Palisades and Eaton fires. Five deaths have been confirmed in the Eaton fire and two in the Palisades. The Palisades fire, which had remained 0% contained since it broke out Tuesday, was 6% contained by 6pm Thursday.

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A new fire, now called the Kenneth fire, sparked around 3:34pm and quickly ballooned to 960 acres.

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President Joe Biden has announced that the federal government would pay for 100% of the firefighting needs for the next 180 days.

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Law enforcement officials are working to issue a curfew for affected burn zones in Los Angeles, in order to combat looting, though it is unclear when it will go into effect.

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Vice-president Kamala Harris canceled a trip to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany shortly after President Biden canceled a trip to Italy in order to more closely monitor the fires.

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The California prison system has now deployed nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters to fight the devastating blazes.

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Key events

More than 150,000 LA County residents remain under evacuation orders

Approximately 153,000 residents are currently under evacuation orders and another 166,800 residents are under evacuation warnings, LA county sheriff Robert Luna said.

About 57,830 structures are at risk, he said.

The Hurst fire has been updated to 771 acres and is at 37% containment, LA city fire chief Kristin Crowley said.

All evacuation orders and warnings for the fire have been lifted, she said.

The Kenneth fire’s forward progress has also been stopped with 35% contained, she said.

All evacuation orders and warnings within the Los Angeles city have been lifted, she said.

Palisades fire stands at more than 20,000 acres and is 8% contained

LA city fire chief Kristin Crowley said the Palisades fire stands at 20,438 acres with 8% containment.

More than 3,000 personnel worked overnight to strengthen containment lines and addressed multiple spot fires in and around the Topanga Canyon area, she said.

Wind gusts are expected to increase in daylight hours that will test containment lines, she said.

Kenneth fire has been stopped, says official

The Kenneth fire, which erupted on Thursday at the border of the Ventura and Los Angeles counties, has been stopped, LA county fire chief Anthony Marrone said.

The fire is currently at 1,000 acres and 35% containment, he said.

The National Weather Service has predicted that the Red Flag warning will continue through Friday or through 6pm, LA county fire chief Anthony Marrone said.

He noted that his team’s priority is to prepare for the next Red Flag event that is predicted to begin on Monday.

LA county fire chief Anthony Marrone said the Eaton fire made a push on Thursday afternoon toward the historic Mount Wilson.

The observatory is OK and no buildings have been destroyed at Mount Wilson, he said.

However a firefighter did suffer a “significant fall injury” at the Eaton fire and remains hospitalized.

The cause of the Eaton fire remains unknown, Marrone said.

Eaton fire stands at nearly 14,000 acres and is 3% contained

LA county fire chief Anthony Marrone said the Eaton fire has burned 13,956 acres and is at 3% containment.

Between 4,000 and 5,000 structures are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed due to the fire, he said.

More than 1,500 firefighting personnel have been assigned to the Eaton fire, he said.

LA county supervisor Lindsey Horvath said the fires have continued to have an impact on the air quality throughout the region.

A smoke advisory has been extended through Friday to limit exposure, she said.

“Please remain indoors as much as possible. Avoid outdoor physical activity and run your air conditioner or air purifier if you have one.”

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said fire crews battled all night on the Palisades fire, the Hurst fire, and the Kenneth fire.

She said President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged his full support, including the federal government’s reimbursement of 100% of the county’s fire response costs.

Members of the National Guard have been secured to help free up firefighters and police officers, as well as to help secure evacuation zones to keep people safe, she said.

Bass said officials are already putting plans in place so they can “aggressively rebuild”. “This will be an enormous undertaking, but we will be ready for it,” she said.

LA county board of supervisors chair Kathryn Barger said the public will hear information from the California insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, to learn how to access insurance support to recover and rebuild.

“We’ve all had someone impacted by this fire. You are not alone,” she said. “We are here to support you, and we will be here for the long road to rebuild.”

Los Angeles County officials are holding a news conference on the latest on the wildfires raging through the region.

Kevin McGowan, director of the LA county office of emergency management, said he “can’t express enough how sorry I am” for the erroneous emergency messages that have been sent out across LA County.

He said he was working “all hands on deck” with federal emergency management agencies to resolve the issue and to find the root cause.

“I implore everyone to not disable the messages on your phone,” McGowan said. “This is extremely frustrating, painful and scary, but these alert tools have saved lives during this emergency.”

He warned that not receiving an alert can be the “consequence of life and death”.

Details emerge about LA wildfire victims

At least 10 people have been killed in the wildfires still surging across the Los Angeles area.

“They didn’t make it out,” said White, the Associated Press reported. “He was not going to leave his son behind. No matter what,” added White, who lives in Arkansas.

Rodney Nickerson, 82, also of Altadena, died in his home, according to his daughter, Kimiko Nickerson, who said he thought he would be okay waiting the fire out in his house.

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has urged California residents to continue checking their local air quality at airnow.gov or on their phone’s weather app.

Wildfire smoke can irritate the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs, and make it difficult to breath and lead to coughing or wheezing.

Children and people with respiratory issues, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or who are pregnant should be especially careful about breathing wildfire smoke.

The CDC warned people to stay inside if instructed by authorities, and to try to keep the smoke outside by choosing a room that can be closed off from outside air, setting up a portable air cleaner or filter, and avoid burning anything indoors.

LA county apologizes after evacuation alerts mistakenly sent to residents

Los Angeles county has apologized after reports that evacuation alerts were sent mistakenly to millions of residents across the county.

“We are working with Fema to investigate the issue,” it said in a post to X.

“For the most current status of evacuation orders and warnings please review the map of evacuations on Alertla.org”

The city of Beverly Hill said earlier today that an evacuation alert was sent mistakenly to residents.

It came after millions of people across LA received a text message warning them to evacuate, which was followed up by a second alert telling them to disregard the warning.

The fire in the Pacific Palisades has been described as the most destructive natural disaster. My colleague Gabrielle Canon has this dispatch from the community levelled by the fire:

Summary: latest key updates on LA fires

As California begins to wake up to another day of unprecedented fires, here is where things stand today:

The death toll from wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 10 from seven, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said. All cases are currently pending identification and legal next of kin notification.
There are five wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area. Palisades is the largest with nearly 20,000 acres burning and more than 5,000 structures destroyed. Eaton is at nearly 14,000 acres and still 0% contained. Officials are reporting some progress with the Hurst fire, which is now 37% contained. The Lidia fire in Acton spans about 400 acres and is 75% contained. The newest fire, Kenneth, burning nearly 1,000 acres in LA and Ventura counties, is 35% contained.
LA county sheriffs urged people to stay away from their homes a while longer while downed power lines, open gas lines and damaged structures still posed a threat-to-life risk.
Winds across Los Angeles county are expected to pick up again this evening local time. The National Weather Service said it expects moderate to strong Santa Ana winds. Winds on the Palisades fire are expected to gust up to 40-60 mph. Forecasters expect a short break in winds on Saturday before they pick up again on Sunday and into next week.
National Guard troops were patrolling the streets of Altadena before dawn on Friday after being called in to help protect property in the fire evacuation zone. Troops in camouflage were posted at intersections in the city hard-hit by the Eaton Fire near Jeeps, Humvees and other military vehicles.
California lawmakers are working on legislation to expedite insurance claims. The LA Times reports that Los Angeles assembly speaker Robert Rivas vowed to back a law to help homeowners speed up insurance claims.

National Guard troops were patrolling the streets of Altadena before dawn on Friday after being called in to help protect property in the fire evacuation zone.

Troops in camouflage were posted at intersections in the city hard-hit by the Eaton Fire near Jeeps, Humvees and other military vehicles, AP reports.

At least 20 arrests have been made for looting and other thefts in areas where the fire raged.

Los Angeles county officials say they plan to put an overnight curfew in place that would make it easier to make arrests.

And the LA county sheriff’s office repeated warnings that anyone caught looting would be arrested.

The LA county sheriff’s office has warned residents against returning to their homes too soon.

In a statement on X, officials warned downed power lines, open gas lines and damaged structures still posed a risk to people’s lives.

The statement said: “There are still downed power lines, open gas lines and unpredictable damaged structures that can cause serious injury or death. Please help us avoid using our resources to conduct rescue missions, as our focus is to maintain a high patrol visibility and prevent looters from entering the affected areas.”

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