Homeowner, Totress Beasley, had just made her final payment on her Pasadena home days before it was destroyed in the Eaton fire.

The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles. The Palisades Fire threatens thousands of structures inside the fire’s perimeter.

Fires ignited in Pacific Palisades, Sylmar and Altadena, forcing thousands to evacuate amid a life-threatening and destructive windstorm slamming Southern California.

Multiple Los Angeles wildfires have caused deaths, mass evacuations and destruction to communities. Follow live updates on the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth and other fires.

The Palisades Fire has been the largest in terms of burned areas. The iconic Malibu restaurant Moonshadows was completely destroyed, as was the Palisades Branch Library. The Palisades Charter High School suffered extensive damage. Here’s an analysis of the building damage with what we know now:

Many residents fled the Altadena and Pasadena area due to the blaze that has consumed more than 10,000 acres with zero containment, according to Lisa Derderian, a city of Pasadena’s information officer. More than 800 people were at the evacuation center, Red Cross volunteers said Wednesday morning.

Evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings in La Cañada Flintridge: There's a 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. curfew in place for all areas under mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation warnings because of the Eaton Fire, within the Altadena area. There is no curfew in evacuation zones located in the city of Pasadena.

It's a rapidly changing situation - these maps and pictures show the scale of the challenge, where the fires are and the damage they have caused. The largest blaze, in the Pacific Palisades area is the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history. More than 23,000 acres have now burnt.

At least 16 people have lost their lives in the series of fast-moving blazes, which officials have declared one of the worst disasters to ever hit California. Although smoke-eaters still have ...

A brush fire fueled by high winds ignited the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 7 in the Eaton Canyon area in Pasadena. It has burned parts of Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre and forced evacuations including La Canada-Flintridge. While the fire is still burning and it’s difficult to know the total damage, whole neighborhoods appear to be lost.

Southern California residents are facing dire new wildfire warnings and power shutoffs while they prepare to flee at a moment’s notice as fire-fueling winds blasted across the scarred landscape. The

Pasadena will resume parking enforcement in the city’s business districts starting Tuesday, city officials said.