The Eaton Fire was 73% contained Saturday, up overnight from 65%, with firefighters continuing to extinguish hot spots in steep, inaccessible canyons near Winters Creek, Mt. Lowe, and Mt. Wilson aided by water-dropping helicopters.

It takes 60- to 80-mph winds for the company to shut down transmission lines. CEO Steve Powell said it didn't see winds that powerful.

Cal Fire said crews will continue reinforcing and maintaining the wildfire's containment lines as critical fire weather is here.

The family of an Eaton fire victim is suing Southern California Edison for wrongful death, alleging that the utility company's negligence is to blame for the devastating blaze that killed 59-year-old Evelyn McClendon.

The National Weather Service predicts "extremely dangerous fire weather conditions to develop across coastal southern California early this week"

At least four lawsuits were filed Monday morning against Southern California Edison in connection with the Eaton Fire.

The fire is has burned about 200 acres of brush in the Eaton Canyon area about Altadena, according to Los Angeles County firefighters.

The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties in California starting

Firefighters have made overnight progress battling back the deadly Los Angeles blazes . The Eaton fire was 73% contained as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, up from 65% the day before. The Palisades fire was 43% contained as of 7 a.m. on Saturday, up from 39% on Friday evening.

An Eaton Canyon couple captured video that illustrates ... Ana windstorm that firefighters described as among the worst fire weather conditions they've seen. The couple has lived in the fire ...

Read more:Investigators study Eaton Canyon electrical tower area as possible origin of Altadena fire The National Weather Service had warned of life-threatening and destructive winds for the day ...

The National Weather Service measured 59-mph wind gusts in the Eaton Canyon area around the time the fire started on Jan. 7 — as well as 63-mph gusts at 2:20 p.m. and 70-mph gusts at 9:30 p.m ...