All around Los Angeles today, residents again held their breath while firefighters work to prevent major fires from starting or spreading.

At least 25 people are dead and more than 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed.

More than 80,000 people remain under evacuation orders.

Stephanie Sy has our report.

It was another tense 24 hours in Southern California as exhausted firefighters work to contain flare-ups and protect hard-fought progress across the city.

The anticipated 70-mile-an-hour winds have yet to materialize.

However, this could change and we are still at risk.

As of this evening, millions remained under red flag warnings.

While crews continued to battle flames from the ground and the air.

The good news for Weary Angelinos, winds were mostly weaker than anticipated, and the

forecast for the week was largely favorable, though there's still no sign of rain.

The danger has not yet passed, so please, please prioritize your safety.

This morning, L.A. City officials face tough questions about their preparedness and firefighting strategy.

The LA Times reported the Los Angeles Fire Department chose not to extend the shifts of roughly 1,000 firefighters and dozens of engines, even as the winds worsened in the hours before the Palisades fire.

Our firefighters on the truck.

L.A. Fire Chief Christian Crowley did not detail just how many extra firefighters were

initially called in, but she defended the department's response.

We have the capability, and we did pull every resource in and around the area. We pre-deployed the resources

in very, very calculated ways throughout the city, also not knowing where a fire might start

and might not start. I think that's very, very important that everybody understands that.

More than two dozen people are still missing.

Dogs trained to locate human remains are now combing the debris in both major burn zones,

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