Firefighters watch as water is dropped on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon Saturday on Jan. 11. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
Firefighters continued their nearly weeklong battle against wildfires in Southern California Monday as three large blazes continued to burn in Los Angeles County. At least 24 people have been killed since the fires broke out last Tuesday, and officials expect that number to rise.
According to the latest figures from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Palisades Fire has reached over 23,700 acres; the Eaton Fire in the Pasadena area has burned over 14,100 acres; and the Hurst Fire, nearly 800 acres. About 92,000 residents remain under mandatory evacuation orders as of Monday morning.
Communities are left reeling from the Palisades and Eaton wildfire devastation, with homes, churches and businesses burned to the ground, as photos show below.
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Some residents eager to return to their property to see how it has fared from the fires have not been able to do so due to public safety precautions. L.A. County officials say there are still downed utilities, and potential flare-ups, as well as grid searches that are still being conducted for missing people and remains among the charred wreckage.
The burnt-down auditorium of the Eliot Arts Magnet Academy as well as supermarkets in Altadena, Calif., and Los Angeles on Jan. 12. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The remains of a restaurant destroyed by the Palisades wildfire as seen on Jan. 13 in Malibu, Calif. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A traffic sign, damaged by the Palisades Fire, still stands as the moon sets on the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles on Jan. 13. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
A car drives past homes and vehicles destroyed by the Palisades Fire at the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates in Los Angeles on Jan. 12. (Noah Berger/AP)
The remains of a house destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 13. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
The remains of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, in Altadena, Calif., after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12. (Nick Ut/Getty Images)
Debris is all that remains of houses in Malibu, Calif., after the Palisades Fire on Jan. 12. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A firefighter sets up a hose while fighting the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon in Los Angeles on Jan. 11. (Eric Thayer/AP)
Christmas decorations remain in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles after the Palisades Fire on Jan. 13. (John Locher/AP)
A burnt-down auditorium of the Eliot Arts Magnet Academy and destroyed supermarkets in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 12. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A Manhattan Beach firefighter holds a smartphone as smoke billows from the Palisades Fire that threatened homes in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles on Jan. 11. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
The sun rises behind a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles on Jan. 12. (Noah Berger/AP)
Red flame retardant covers a mailbox of a home in the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 11. (Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)
Kevin Marshall sifts through his mother's fire-ravaged property in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 11. (John Locher/AP)
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