California wildfires latest: New wildfire tears through Hollywood Hills – as five dead and 130,000 told to flee homes | US News

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Five people have died and many left injured after a series of wildfires that broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday continue to burn out of control, in what fire chiefs called a "tragic" chapter for the city.

High winds up to 100mph have spread the flames and initially stopped firefighters from getting support from the air.

The winds that have been fuelling the blazes are beginning to drop, but it will be some time before the fires are brought under full control.

The fires

Several fires are still raging across Los Angeles - with five firefighters are struggling to control.

The Palisades fire to the south of the city is more than 15,800 acres, while the Eaton fire in Altadena and Pasadena is more than 10,000 acres in size.

The other blaze which started on Tuesday, the Hurst fire in Sylmar, is now over 700 acres in size.

Overnight, the Sunset fire erupted in Hollywood Hills, near the Hollywood Bowl.

And finally the Lidia fire , which also began overnight, broke out near Acton and is now over 340 acres in size.

Five people are known to have been killed, all by the Eaton fire .

There are also two blazes that have been put out or are under control.

The Woodley fire in Sepulveda Basin was "under control" before it grew beyond 30 acres, while a blaze that engulfed Hollywood's Studio City has now been extinguished, with no casualties.

More than 130,000 evacuated

Some 130,000 people are now under mandatory evacuation orders across the city.

Three looters who went into abandoned houses have been arrested.

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