Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 17 days. A crew of 2,420 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 77% of the fire by Friday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like possibility.

Officials released details about the recovery effort from the initial Los Angeles fires — an effort expected to last up to 18 months as authorities clear the wreckage.