The Eaton fire was fueled by fierce and erratic Santa Ana winds, some that reached peak speeds of 70 mph. Several hundred firefighters, some arriving from outside the state, were battling the blaze late Wednesday as weather conditions began to improve. Yet there still was zero containment of the fire.

While another Los Angeles County wildfire burned homes to the ground, the community of Altadena was also left devastated by a quickly moving blaze — one that has left at least five people dead and injured several others as it wiped out entire buildings.