As fires raged from the seaside enclave of Pacific Palisades to the hillsides above Pasadena — with at least five dead and thousands of homes and other buildings leveled or damaged — residents accusto

Firefighters are making progress slowing the major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.

The confirmed death toll from three days of raging wildfires rose to 10 people late Thursday as firefighters struggled to contain blazes that have destroyed swaths of America’s most populated county.At least five infernos were burning simultaneously around Los Angeles,