Los Angeles County will be under fire threat through Jan 15, say authorities

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A full-scale firefighting effort stretched into Jan 11 in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, as the wildfire there expanded into an additional 1,000 acres overnight with residents warned of potential worsening weather conditions over the next 72 hours that could further stoke the blaze.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on steep hills to stem the eastward spread

00:05of the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles on Saturday, while on-the-ground firefighting

00:10efforts also intensified amid warnings of wind gusts that could make matters worse.

00:16Authorities said over the past 24 hours,

00:19the fires spread over an additional 1,000 acres and consumed more homes.

00:26They also warned residents living around the upscale neighborhoods

00:29of potential worsening weather conditions over the next 72 hours.

00:55Evacuation orders throughout the Los Angeles area now cover 153,000 residents,

01:14putting 57,000 structures at risk. Six blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles

01:20County neighborhoods since Tuesday have killed at least 11 people and damaged 10,000 structures.

01:27At least 13 people are estimated to be missing.

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