Mandatory evacuations for more than 100,000 people remain in place for the wildfires, which started Jan. 7 amid a powerful windstorm that forecasters warned would be the worst the region has seen in more than a decade.

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires broke out on Jan. 7 and have caused devastation to local Los Angeles County communities. The Eaton fire has damaged or destroyed an estimated 7,000 structures and burned more than 14,000 acres, officials said. The ...

Containment grew on both the Eaton and the Palisades fires before anticipated dangerous winds started hitting the region. The Eaton fire, burning in Altadena and Pasadena, was 35% contained as of early Tuesday, Jan. 14, officials said, and the fire did not expand beyond the 14,117 acres reported burned as of Sunday.