Wednesday, 1:00 a.m. PST The Auto Fire has burned 61 acres and is 47% under control, according to Cal Fire. Progress on the two biggest fires remains slow as the containment of the Palisades Fire —which has burned 23,713 acres—and the 14,117 acres Eaton Fire remains at 18% and 35%, as of the latest update on Tuesday evening.

Four large fires are currently burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: the Palisades Fire, which has burned 23,713 acres and is 17% contained;

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.

A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes and anxious residents prepared for more fire danger as winds began to build Tuesday, a week after two

Harmful and even cancer-causing chemicals can get into water supplies as reserves are depleted and infrastructure is damaged by fire.

A swath of Southern California is under red-flag warnings, with winds up to 70 miles an hour.

Los Angeles firefighters on Tuesday braced for the return of dry, intense winds that could recharge two monstrous wildfires that have already killed at least 24 people, leveled entire neighborhoods and scorched an area the size of Washington,

The LA wildfires risk spreading as extreme winds pick up speed. More than 92,000 people are under evacuation orders, California officials warned.