Multiple major fires are tearing through parts of the Los Angeles area, with 5 dead and a thousand structures destroyed.

Wednesday 8:11 p.m. PSTAnother fire, called the Sunset Fire, broke out around 6 p.m. PST in the Hollywood Hills which has rapidly grown in recent hours to engulf more than 50 acres or area, prompting mandatory evacuations Wednesday 5:11 p.

At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.

Nearly 1 million customers of Los Angeles electricity providers are without power as of Wednesday afternoon, as authorities continue to track multiple fires in Los Angeles County that have burned more than 20,