TRAGEDY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS: TO DATE – 5 REPORTED KILLED IN DEADLY WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA’S PACIFIC PALISADES AND MALIBU…

LIVE UPDATES PROVIDED BY THE LA TIMES

Firefighters battled multiple blazes overnight as whipping winds, with gusts up to 100 mph, fueled three major wildfires.

• Wildfire map
• School closures
• Freeway, road closures

Palisades fire
Burned more than 15,800 acres and numerous homes, businesses and landmarks in Pacific Palisades and westward along Pacific Coast Highway, toward Malibu.

• Closures, evacuations, shelters
• PCH devastated

Eaton fire
Burned more than 10,000 acres and many structures in Altadena and Pasadena.

• Evacuation orders expanded
• Closures and shelters

Hurst fire
Burned 700 acres in the area around Sylmar.

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At least 5 dead in L.A. County firestorms; more than 1,000 structures lost

Gusty winds carry embers as the Eaton fire burns early Wednesday in Altadena.

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)