In the Los Angeles area, a number of large wildfires are causing death and destruction.
Due to strong winds and dry weather, a few wildfires that began to spread on Tuesday had grown significantly in size. By Saturday night, almost 12,000 buildings and structures had been damaged, and 13 people had been killed. Over a dozen people are missing, and over 153,000 people are under evacuation advisories.
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The fires’ sizes and conditions are depicted on the maps below. They will be regularly updated.
The Palisades Fire, the biggest of the fires, covers an area of about 35 square miles. That is more than half of Washington, D.C.’s total land area. The Eaton Fire, a second fire, has spread to cover more than 22 square kilometers.
Thousands of buildings within the Palisades Fire’s perimeter are in danger.
In just a few hours on Tuesday, the Palisades Fire more than doubled in size.
Power interruptions have been caused by the fires around the Los Angeles region.