Eleven deaths have been confirmed and more than 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. More than 150,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders. Law enforcement sources told The Times that it’s likely many of the small fires will turn out to have been the work of arson.

Evacuation orders went into effect in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood, with multiple homes under immediate threat on Tuesday.

The Palisades Fire, currently devastating Los Angeles, covers an area that would engulf much of metropolitan St. Louis if superimposed on the region. At more than 20,400 acres and only 8% contained as of Friday afternoon,