The massive Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday, the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills of Pasadena on the other side of Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County has been devastated by two deadly wildfires that have become some of the most destructive in California history ... the Lidia Fire has begun in Acton, prompting evacuations.

Evacuation orders have been issued near Soledad Canyon Road in Acton Wednesday as a fire threatens structures in the area. According to Cal Fire, the fire started in the 5700 block of Soledad Road around 2:07 a.

Evacuation orders have been issued in Acton, where firefighters are responding to a brush fire that broke out in the Los Angeles County town ... stories in Southern California delivered to ...

Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California ... in the Acton area. The so-called Lidia Fire along Soledad Canyon Road quickly grew to 348 acres, spreading to the Angeles ...

New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the scale of the destruction and damage left so far by the wildfires raging in Southern California. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported that the Palisades Fire had spread to 17,234 acres with 0 percent containment.

Fire officials say crews are still battling fires in the Pacific Palisades, as well as the Hurst Fire, near San Fernando, and the Eaton fire near Pasadena. Meanwhile, new fires have sprung up in the Hollywood Hills and to the north near Acton.