Velshi starts now.

Good morning, Saturday, January the 11th. It's a tough morning. We're going to continue with the catastrophic wildfires in California. They've incinerated now about 58 square miles of the greater Los Angeles area, officials say based on infrared imaging,

at least 12,000 structures have been destroyed.

And when I say destroyed, you have to see some of these images.

These are not partially destroyed.

This looks like a war zone.

More than 180,000 people have been displaced from their homes through mandatory evacuations.

Many are voluntarily evacuating because these fires are in some places where you can't get out of

easily if a mandatory evacuation were to take place. Single roads to major highways. At least 11 people have died. Officials were just beginning to

access certain areas for welfare checks to see if people were there to check on missing persons

reports on Thursday, and they warned that the death toll could grow. Evacuation orders for the

largest fire, the one you've probably seen the most images of,

the Palisades Fire, have expanded. That fire is still expanding. It's spreading east. It's now

threatening the Brentwood and Encino areas. And that fire is only 8% contained. Now, you've heard

that expression. Here's what it means. It means officials have controlled that area of the fire, controlled. 8% of that fire is not likely to spread. That's

what it means. Doesn't mean it's not burning. It doesn't mean the fire itself is not spreading.

The Eaton fire, which is in the Pasadena area, has burned just over two two square miles and it's 3% contained.

More than 100,000 residents remain under evacuation orders.

And L.A. County has officially declared a public health emergency as smoke inhalation

threatens residents.

By the way, I'm just going to ask my control room to check that figure about the two square

miles because I think perhaps it's 21 square miles, not two square miles. I was thinking

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