Wind-fueled wildfires continued to grow Wednesday as overtaxed fire crews battled three major out-of-control blazes that killed at least five people and ravaged some of the most picturesque neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area.

The affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades typically has strangers walking around, trying to catch a glimpse of celebrities' houses. Now, though, its streets are filled with firefighters battling a 3,

Katia Meyer has lived in Pacific Palisades almost her entire life. Tuesday was one of the most surreal days she's had there.

Tony Dokoupil spoke with evacuees of the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles who are coming to grips with the destruction wreaked by the blaze, which has destroyed at least 1,000 structures.

Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the fight to contain the flames has put immense strain on the system.

Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes on Wednesday, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena.

The iconic Riviera Country Club is being threatened while in the mandatory evacuation zone for the Pacific Palisades fire northwest of Los Angeles.

The Pacific Palisades wildfire and two others burning across Los Angeles, driven by powerful winds, have expanded, forcing residents to evacuate, destroying homes and other buildings and clogging

A large wildfire in Southern California is threatening a PGA Tour venue. Riviera Country Club, the site of next month's Genesis Invitational hosted by Tiger Woods, is in the mandatory evacuation zone for the Pacific Palisades fire,

The wildfire ripping through the Palisades has led to the construction of a mandatory evacuation zone, which includes the Riviera Country Club just weeks before the Genesis Invitational