Severe wildfires raged across a huge swath of the Los Angeles area in early January, sparked by high winds and prime fire conditions. The blazes — including the Pacific Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth,

Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a deadly brush fire in the Pacific Palisades grew to more than 20,000 acres this week and destroyed thousands of structures.

The two biggest fires devastating the Los Angeles area grew just slightly Friday as firefighters beat back the blazes that have killed at least 10 people, obliterated neighborhoods and left the nation's second-largest city on edge.

Multiple fires are consuming swaths of Los Angeles, so far destroying thousands of homes and taking at least 11 lives, and at one point straining firefighting efforts so much that some hydrants ran dry.

The Palisades Fire, already one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles, has prompted new evacuation orders in one of the city’s major population centers. After burning the iconic Pacific Palisades neighborhood to the ground and attacking beachside communities,