The size of the huge blazes, along with difficult weather conditions and the emergence of smaller fires, have extended firefighters’ timelines. “It’s going to be a slow, arduous process,” one official said.

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.

Containment grew on both the Eaton and the Palisades fires before anticipated dangerous winds started hitting the region. The Eaton fire, burning in Altadena and Pasadena, was 35% contained as of early Tuesday, Jan. 14, officials said, and the fire did not expand beyond the 14,117 acres reported burned as of Sunday.