How contained are the wildfires scorching the Los Angeles area?
Multiple wind-driven infernos are covering thousands of acres across parts of Los Angeles, sending residents fleeing as firefighters try desperately to contain them. As of Thursday, there were five major wildfires threatening lives and property.
The two largest fires, the Palisades and the Eaton fires, still hadn't seen any containment since they started Tuesday, even as additional fires ignited around the county. High winds and little humidity were encouraging any small flames to quickly spread, leaving homes, businesses and hillsides ablaze.
Forecasters said Santa Ana winds and a critical risk of fire weather would continue on Thursday, posing an uphill battle for fire crews.
When is a fire contained? When is a fire controlled?
Containment is the percentage of the fire's total perimeter that is surrounded by a boundary line expected to stop its progress. The fire while contained is still burning and has the potential to jump the boundary, according to CalFire. A fire is "controlled" when it no longer has the ability to jump a containment line.
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Here's how much each wildfire has spread, and where firefighters are with containing the blazes:
Palisades Fire
The Palisades Fire, which has decimated parts of the coastal Pacific Palisades area between Santa Monica and Malibu, had burned over 17,000 acres by Thursday morning and was 0% contained, according to CalFire.
Eaton Fire
To the east, the Eaton Fire covered about 10,600 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and was also 0% contained Thursday morning. That fire tore through entire neighborhoods in Altadena and Pasadena and has killed at least five people.
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Hurst Fire
The Hurst Fire ignited Tuesday night near the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles. It burned 671 acres and was 10% contained Thursday morning, down from 855 acres reported earlier in the day, according to CalFire.
"Firefighters have successfully contained the fire north of the I-210 Foothill Freeway," the fire agency said.
Lidia Fire
The Lidia Fire, which started Wednesday in Acton near the Antelope Valley in the northern part of Los Angeles County, burned 348 acres and was 40% contained Thursday morning.
"Forward progress has been stopped on this brush fire. Firefighters are working hard to gain additional containment," CalFire said in a status update.
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Sunset Fire
The Sunset Fire sprang up in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening and has burned just under 43 acres. It was also listed by CalFire as 0% contained.
Some of the evacuations orders were lifted, except for areas adjacent to the active fire in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles.
Officials said later that night that the fire activity had decreased and was "mostly burning within the perimeter (the Los Angeles Fire Department) worked quickly to develop," the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department West Hollywood Station said.
Woodley Fire
The Woodley Fire, which was discovered early Wednesday morning in the Sepulveda Basin northwest of the city of Los Angeles, was fully contained by later that night, officials said in a news conference on Thursday. It burned a total of 30 acres.
"The fire has been declared as a knock-down, and there are no current threats," Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley said.
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