The fire was reported around 2:20 p.m. Thursday in the Otay Mountains of San Diego's South Bay near the border.

Luna said they are actively searching for 23 adults, 17 of whom have gone missing in the Eaton Fire, which ravaged the Angeles National Forest and Altadena area of Los Angeles County and Pasadena. Six others are still missing in Malibu, the sheriff said.

As the number killed rises to 24, the Pasadena fire chief, Chad Augustin, says the fight is at a "fork in the road".

Last week, winds in excess of 100mph (160km/h) were recorded and the presence of a deep area of low pressure centred on the border with Mexico, boosted the strength of the Santa Ana wind.

The Santa Ana winds are warm currents that move in the ... High pressure over those states, combined with a low-pressure system in Mexico, results in air funneling rapidly along those mountain ...

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS)".

LOS ANGELES — A growing force of firefighters and equipment moved into the Los Angeles area Monday as another round of powerful winds threatened ... and from Canada and Mexico as the National ...

Winds are expected to pick up later ... weather watch for another 1 million south to the Mexico border from Monday through Wednesday. Santa Ana winds are expected to grow Saturday evening and ...

The strong Santa Ana winds have helped push the deadly blazes through the Los ... Since the fires broke out last week, responders from across the U.S., Canada and Mexico have come to the aid of Southern California. "Yesterday, I also had the opportunity ...

Strong Santa Ana winds, a dry winter and low humidity are ... over the Great Basin combined with a storm in northwestern Mexico has created the conditions for strong winds over Southern California ...

The new Palisades flare-up is spreading east to Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, inching closer to the Interstate 405 freeway and a busy mountain pass. The Palisades fire is also pushing towards the priceless collections of the Getty Centre art museum.

Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active. One of the latest, the Hughes Fire in the Castaic area, has prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people.