Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across southern California Thursday, leaving at least 5 dead and burning more than 27,000 acres, officials say. Police have arrested 20 suspected looters.

Two massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning uncontained on Thursday, but a brief respite from the fierce winds that have fanned the flames for two days allowed crews to slow their explosive spread.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters battled to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area early Thursday that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 2,925 acres after being active for 23 hours. By Wednesday morning, the fire crew has managed to contain none of the blaze. However, the cause is still being investigated.

Fox News correspondent Matt Finn reports from the Pacific Palisades on the destruction of homes and the concerns of residents on 'Special Report.'

Many more structures are believed to be destroyed as fire crews struggle to gain containment on the 17,000-acre Palisades Fire: the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history. Preliminary reports indicated the number of damaged or destroyed structures is “in the thousands,

The Palisades fire, which has burned nearly 20,000 acres in Pacific Palisades and nearby communities, has claimed Lakers head coach JJ Redick's home.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says members of his family were among those in Southern California forced to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire that was being whipped by strong winds around Los

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick is among thousands who lost their homes in the Los Angeles area's wildfires after evacuating his family Tuesday.

A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.

Photos show homes and infrastructure in the affluent Californian neighborhood of Pacific Palisades have been destroyed as wildfires rage through Los Angeles' suburbs. The Palisades Fire, which erupted on Tuesday,

Fires raging across Southern California have burned through several schools, though officials are still trying to get a full accounting of the damage. Palisades Charter High School, Palisades Charter Elementary School and Marquez Elementary School were significantly damaged by the Palisades fire,

A growing list of restaurants and landmarks are among the thousands of buildings destroyed by the Palisades Fires, which continues to burn along the Los Angeles County coastline as of Thursday morning.

Palisades Charter High School is one of the many buildings that has been engulfed in flames due to the wildfires raging in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Steve Guttenberg Says Pacific Palisades Blaze Is "the Most Unbelievable Fire I've Ever Seen" Earlier in the day, PCHS posted a note on its website that the school was closed due to the Palisades Fire.