Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Eatonhurst Postfire Baer initially started today at 3:12 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The burned area emergency response has been active for seven hours. A fire crew of is working on site.

No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, gloves and running shoes in case he needs to flee at a moment’s notice.

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of

Jan. 18 A new wildfire was reported today at 8:59 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

Wind-driven flames are pushing through the greater Los Angeles area, forcing residents to flee their homes by the tens of thousands. At least five major wildfires present an unprecedented disaster for rescue and relief officials,

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s

The scale of the effort will be vast — the area scorched by the major fires is equal to three times the size of Manhattan.

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,713 acres after being active for 11 days. A crew of 4,792 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 43% of the fire by Saturday morning.