This is a developing story and will be updated. Current information about the fire can be found under the links to the individual fires.

More than 100,000 Los Angeles County residents have been evacuated since Tuesday due to a growing number of fires caused by damaging winds.

An unknown number of homes were destroyed, many popular local businesses burned, and the death toll is likely to rise in the coming days.

And the end doesn’t seem near. Even though the worst of the Santa Ana winds that fueled the uncontrollable fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena are now behind us, the National Weather Service says high winds and critical fire weather will continue at least through Friday evening.

A new wildfire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening. Shortly thereafter, the fire triggered a mandatory evacuation order at sunset.

“This is a dangerous situation and we want them to leave now,” Margaret Stewart, public information officer for the Los Angeles Fire Department, told our media partner KCAL News.

More than 150 firefighters were deployed to battle the Sunset Fire, Stewart said, with helicopters providing water droplets.

However, with winds reaching 25 miles per hour, Stewart warned that the fire had the potential to spread quickly and urged residents in evacuation warning zones to leave the area early.

Evacuation shelters are still being set up, but Stewart said, “Right now we just want people to go south and get out of the area.”

Here’s what we know about the Sunset Fire and others burning now.

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Fire at sunset

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The brush fire began at 6:04 p.m. Wednesday in the approximately 2300 block of Solar Drive in the Hollywood Hills.

The fire quickly burned about 20 acres between Runyon Canyon and Wattles Park and prompted an immediate evacuation order. The fire spread so quickly that an evacuation was possible within 12 minutes of warning residents and mandatory orders were issued for:

• Laurel Canyon Blvd (to the east)
• to Mulholland Dr (south)
• to the 101 Freeway (west)
• down to Hollywood Blvd (north)

Eaton Fire

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Evacuation orders are in effect for areas of Altadena and Pasadena near Eaton Canyon after a fast-spreading brush fire broke out at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday. On Wednesday, officials said five people died and many more were injured as the fire spread.

Palisade fire

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The Palisades Fire, which broke out Tuesday morning in the Santa Monica Mountains, displaced hundreds of residents, some of them on foot as they tried to escape advancing flames pushed by extremely strong winds.

At an afternoon news conference, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said “many buildings” had already been destroyed and noted that people were still being evacuated. In the evening, reports of widespread destruction seemed overwhelming. PCH symbols, including the Reel Inn, are now gone.

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Hurst fire

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Shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, a fire broke out above Olive View Medical Center and spread toward the 210 Freeway in Sylmar, quickly spreading to 100 acres and growing. This fire resulted in immediate evacuation orders “north of the 210 Freeway from Roxford to the Interstate 5/14 Freeway Split.”

The CHP received a report that a power line had exploded in the area and that the fire was spreading to homes in the area.

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Lidia Fire

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The Lidia Fire broke out just after 2 p.m. Wednesday on Soledad Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest. It is smaller than the others and containment measures have now reached double digits. The cause is being investigated.

Soledad Canyon Road is closed between Agua Dulce Canyon Road and Crown Valley Road and a Sigalert has been issued in Acton. The Angeles National Forest is under the joint command of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Woodley Fire

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The Woodley Fire was reported just after 6 a.m. Wednesday near North Woodley Avenue and Sepulveda Basin.

According to the fire department, the fire “poses a hazard to crossing Burbank Boulevard. Emergency crews are actively working to contain the fire and protect buildings in the affected area.”

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Tyler Fire

The Tyler Fire was reported at 3:25 a.m. in Coachella South as a vegetation fire south of the 10 Freeway. The fire was contained to 15 acres.

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