LA Firefighters Battle the Clock as Winds Threaten to Return This Week, Death Toll Rises to 16

The Palisades fire, which has burned more than 23,000 acres, is still only 11% contained

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA – A mobile home park is destroyed along Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

UPDATE 2:20 p.m.
The Palisades fire remains at only 11% contained with over 4,700 personnel assigned to this incident, according to a press conference update on Sunday afternoon. Rich Thompson, the National Weather Service meteorologist assigned to the Palisades, said that a red flag warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. Wednesday as gusty Santa Ana winds are expected to continue.

UPDATE 1:30 p.m.
Residents by the hundreds are being turned away at several checkpoints going toward the Palisades Fire area, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, as people sought to view the charred remains of homes and take photos and mementos. The paper caught up with 30-year-old roommates Noah Martin, Chetan Munugala and J.J.

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