A brush fire broke out Tuesday night in the Eaton Canyon area of Altadena as Southern California braced for a night of strong winds.

A new wildfire has ignited in the Eaton Canyon area near Altadena Tuesday night, forcing evacuations as a destructive windstorm continues battering Southern California. The “Eaton Fire” was first reported at around 6:30 p.

The 10,000-acre Eaton Fire swept through communities in Pasadena Wednesday morning after torching an unknown number of homes in neighboring Altadena in the San Gabriel Valley. KTLA 5 News reporter Chip Yost was on live television as homes on Glen Avenue near Montana Street went up in flames.

Five people have died as the Eaton Fire continues to burn through Pasadena and the areas near the Angeles National Forest.

Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people f

The Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills follows other blazes in the L.A. area, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, that have displaced tens of thousands.

More than 29,000 acres have burned so far — and at least 10 deaths have been reported as of 9 p.m. local time on Thursday.

Two Los Angeles County wildfires which tore through more than 30,000 acres in three days, killing at least five people and destroying more than 2,000 structures, are now among the 20 most destructive fires recorded in the state of California.