California fires sweep through Los Angeles — with over 100,000 under evacuation

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.