WATCH LIVE: Authorities provide update on Eaton fire in Pasadena, California

President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration after powerful Santa Ana winds whipped up multiple wildfires across Los Angeles County, killing at least five people and setting homes ablaze. Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as firefighters struggled to control the fires, all listed as 0% contained. Winds were expected to ease overnight Wednesday, but forecasters warned conditions will remain critical through at least Thursday. Fatalities have been reported in the Eaton Fire, which ignited 30 miles inland in Altadena near Pasadena, and quickly grew to more than 16 square miles, or 10,600 acres. The Palisades Fire, which pulverized buildings was burning at 15,832 acres between the beach towns of Santa Monica and Malibu. A third blaze, the Hurst Fire, ignited in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown Los Angeles and had burned at least 500 acres, prompting evacuations of some nearby residents.