This is CNN breaking news.

Good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett out front tonight. The Breaking News, the deadly inferno's officials just confirming that five people are now dead as at least four major wildfires are burning out of control near Los Angeles, not a single one even close to being contained.

As we've been seeing flames go through home after home.

Officials saying they expect the death toll to rise as crews start shifting through the asses.

And it is only getting worse right now.

157,000 people as we speak are now under evacuation orders.

The winds are still at hurricane strength.

And that is what is fueling the destructive fires as they are leaping. The winds are still at hurricane strength, and that is what is fueling the destructive

fires as they are leaping. The largest is the Palisage is now close to 16,000 acres, at one point

burning through about five football fields a minute. And as you can see, these fires are burning

dangerously close to many iconic landmarks so far that those have been spared.

And when you look at downtown Los Angeles, but the reality, though, is what you see on

your screen for thousands. And just listen to that.

You can hear that ripping through the air, the flames and the wind. listen to that.

You can hear that ripping through the air, the flames and the wind, that power.

In that particular case, that is a house near Pacific Palisades.

Some residents have been desperately trying to take matters into their own hands,

facing down the flames as they're trying to hose down their homes.

That's a losing battle, though.

One after the other going burnt to the ground,

just smoldering debris now, as you can see here from one of our crews,

driving down the road.

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