Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted last week and roared across the Los Angeles area.

A neighborhood where the deadly Eaton fire began was mostly spared from the devastation in surrounding Altadena, with the same gusting winds that whipped up the inferno thought to have helped those closest to the ignition point avoid disaster.

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.

The massive Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday, the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills of Pasadena on the other side of Los Angeles County.

The Eaton Fire erupted in the Eaton Canyon area near Altadena, Los Angeles County, on 7 January, becoming the second major wildfire in the region amid severe wind conditions.

We're tracking damage assessments from the Eaton and Palisades fires, which destroyed 12,000 structures in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

Unprecedented wildfires in Los Angeles County in California are decimating thousands of structures and displacing thousands of residents.

Satellite images are providing a unique and heartbreaking view of the devastation in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena from two wildfires that have

As the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) continues to contain the raging wildfires that have devastated neighborhoods across Los Angeles, Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu, residen

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads containing the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Thousands of homes have been destroyed in elite enclaves like Malibu and Pacific Palisades, where median listing prices range from $760,000 to more than $6 million.