Though the Palisades and Eaton fires are smaller, they rank high in structures burned. Combined, they would equal the second-most destructive California wildfire in history, with more than 9,000 structures burned, according to early Cal Fire estimates. A more detailed analysis of the total number of destroyed structures is still underway.

Devastating wildfires continue to burn throughout Los Angeles and southern California. Nearly 10,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed, with more than 180,000 people displaced. Andrew Chang ex

Two Los Angeles County wildfires that spready with alarming speed in a powerful Santa Ana windstorm are among the five most destructive fires on record in California. The Palisades Fire near the LA County coast and the Eaton Fire in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles started Tuesday in extreme wind conditions that firefighters described as some of the worst they've ever encountered.