A building burns in LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
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- Multiple major fires are tearing through parts of the Los Angeles area.
- The Palisades fire had burned through over 15,000 acres as of midday Wednesday.
- One climate scientist said it was the worst wildfire in Southern California since 2011.
People across the Los Angeles area battled multiple major fires Wednesday — with over 100,000 people under evacuation orders, five people reported dead, and over a 1,000 structures burned.