The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office confirmed the death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16. The total of confirmed fatalities stands at 16 victims, and the cases remain under investigation.

Watch again as Los Angeles County officials gave a wildfire update on Saturday (11 January) as fresh evacuation orders have been given. On Friday night, reports that the Palisades Fire on the city’s western edge was heading in a new direction prompted fresh evacuation orders for much of the Brentwood neighborhood and the foothills of the San Fernando Valley.

Gavin Newsom, who declared a state of emergency on Tuesday night. Here's how you can help those affected by the wildfires: Red Cross The American Red Cross has hundreds of volunteers deploying to Los Angeles to assist with emergent needs of those displaced by the fire.