For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than 12,300 homes and buildings and leaving at least 11 dead. Fresh evacuations were ordered from Mandeville Canyon to the Interstate 405 freeway on Friday evening because of a flare up of the massive Palisades Fire.

The first sign of worry for many was thick smoke blowing down from the hills of the affluent Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, which borders Santa Monica and the famous Malibu coast. LA residents are accustomed to wildfires but the Palisades fire spread rapidly out of control.

The Palisades Fire, which severely impacted the coastal community, had burned 22,000 acres with 11% containment, according to Cal Fire. as of Saturday.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Multiple fires are consuming swaths of Los Angeles, so far destroying thousands of homes and taking at least 11 lives, and at one point straining firefighting efforts so much that some hydrants ran dry.

Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, like the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fires, are burning across Los Angeles.

Nearly a dozen people are believed to be dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.