17,000 acres and 180,000 under evacuation?
According to ABC7 News out of Los Angeles,
Around 5,316 structures have been burned or destroyed, and that does not include structures that have been damaged.
The Eaton Fire, which has left five people dead in the Pasadena and Altadena areas, is now burning near the famed Mount Wilson Observatory and communication towers in the Angeles National Forest.
ABC7 Los Angeles' AIR7 chopper was over the fire Thursday morning. A large plume of smoke over the area made it difficult to assess whether the flames had destroyed Mountain Wilson.
According to WAFB9
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday night, threatening one of Los Angeles' most iconic spots as firefighters battled to get under control three other major blazes that killed five people, put 130,000 people under evacuation orders and ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to inland Pasadena.
The Sunset Fire was burning near the Hollywood Bowl and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The streets around Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Madame Tussauds were packed with stop-and-go traffic as sirens blared and low-flying helicopters soared by on their way to dump water on the flames. People toting suitcases left hotels on foot, while some onlookers walked toward the flames, recording the fire on their phones.
Winds eased up some Wednesday, a day after hurricane-force winds blew embers through the air, igniting block after block, and hundreds of firefighters from other states have arrived to help, but the four fires burning out of control showed the danger is far from over.
More than half a dozen schools in the area were either damaged or destroyed, including Palisades Charter High School, which has been featured in many Hollywood productions, including the 1976 horror movie “Carrie” and the TV series “Teen Wolf,” officials said. UCLA has canceled classes for the week.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said air operations were dousing flames. She warned they still faced “erratic winds,” though not like Tuesday evening, when aircraft had to be grounded and much of the destruction occurred.
In Pasadena, Fire Chief Chad Augustin said between 200 and 500 structures have been damaged or lost from the Eaton Fire that started Tuesday night.
As reported by the New York Post,
Horrifying aerial footage captured huge areas of wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles looking like a charred war zone.
The drone footage taken Wednesday panned over a completely abandoned neighborhood of crumbled homes and structures coated in char and dark, smoky dust from the fires, which have left at least five dead and more than 130,000 under evacuation orders.
Entire blocks were shown burned to ash from the blazes — which erupted in the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood Tuesday morning and have already damaged thousands of buildings.
Some 130,000 Californians have been under evacuation orders from the multiple major fires, which include the Palisades Fire west of Los Angeles, the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena and the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills.
Wildfires rippling through the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood have also forced many Hollywood stars to evacuate their homes.
Meanwhile, over 360,000 people were without power Thursday morning as Gov. Gavin Newsom deployed over 600 National Guard members to the region to help.
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