Los Angeles firefighters have managed to contain three smaller wildfires, although the larger blazes remain uncontained as the Southern California region continues to grapple with one of its natural disasters the most destructive.
The Woodley, Sunset and Sunswept fires were all contained Thursday morning, authorities said.
The Palisades Fire grew to 17,200 acres Thursday morning. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said wind gusts could reach 60 mph and were expected to pick up throughout the day. She estimates that thousands of structures were damaged.
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said the growth of the Eaton Fire has been “significantly halted” but that the blaze – which has spread to 10,600 acres – has not had not been brought under control and more than 1,000 structures had been damaged.
The third largest wildfire, Hurst, has spread to 855 as and has not yet been contained.
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