The death toll from the Palisades Fire rose to eight as beleaguered firefighters continued Monday to battle the stubborn flames, aided by a pause in the gusty Santa Ana winds that have driven the ...

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Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.

The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 35 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.