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The Eden fire in Southern California's Altadena and Pasadena has ballooned to more than 10,000 acres in just a matter of hours.

It is one of several major fires burning across the Los Angeles area that are linked to at least two civilian deaths. NPR's Jason DeRose

is about a block south, the mandatory evacuation zone on the northern end of Santa Monica near the

Palisades fire. To my north, that's where the Palisades fire is burning.

I can see a giant, many giant plumes of black smoke ascending from the mountains there in the

Pacific Palisades.

When I turn away from the mountains and look south, I can see a giant tree that was uprooted by these incredibly

strong winds. It's these dry, dry winds, the Santa Ana winds that have been gusting, sometimes

up to 100 miles an hour over the last day that's driving these fires. NPR's Jason DeRose. Thousands of structures have been destroyed.

NPR's Chloe Veltman reports the city's famed cultural landscape is also under threat.

Several movie industry sites are shuttered, such as Universal Studios and Warner Brothers Studios

tours. Same goes for a stretch of Sunset Boulevard,

the West Hollywood strip known for its hopping nightlife and restaurant scene.

Trees and vegetation have burned on the site of the Getty Villa,

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