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.

Here’s what we know about the active fires as of Saturday morning (Pacific time): • The Palisades Fire is 11 percent contained (up from 8 percent on Friday afternoon) and has burned 21,596 acres. • The Eaton Fire is 15 percent contained (up from 3 percent on Friday) and has burned 14,

For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than 12,300 homes and buildings and leaving at least 11 dead. Fresh evacuations were ordered from Mandeville Canyon to the Interstate 405 freeway on Friday evening because of a flare up of the massive Palisades Fire.

Los Angeles endured another tense night as hopes fire crews would start to turn the tide against the roaring wildfires that have ravaged the region failed to materialize.

A "significant flare-up" in the largest of the six wildfires scorching Southern California prompted new evacuation orders, but the fierce winds that have spread the flames calmed Friday night, giving weary firefighters a short respite.

New evacuation orders were issued last night as the Palisades Fire crept towards Brentwood, California. It shows how difficult the fight against the wildfires remains, even as tens of thousands of acres have already burned.