Another fire is burning in California while firefighters continue to fight back the flames of three other fires.
The latest fire, dubbed the Auto Fire, is burning in Ventura County and has so far burned 56 acres and is 0% contained, but firefighters were able to stop its forward progress, CNN reported.
#autofire; Forward progress on the Auto fire has been stopped. The fire has been mapped at 55.7 acres with 0% containment.
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Firefighters are also making progress in the battle of the three other fires that left a path of destruction across Los Angeles County, according to CalFire.
The Hurst fire is 97% contained and has burned 799 acres as of Tuesday.
The Eaton Fire is 35% contained and has burned 14,117 acres.
Finally, the Palisades Fire, the largest and least contained, has burned 23,713 acres and is only 17% contained.
A week since the fires started, Federal Emergency Management Agency aid was available to those affected by the wildfires.
It has launched the Serious Needs Assistance program, which gives money to victims for emergency supplies such as water, food, medication and fuel, CNN reported.
Other assistance is available for temporary housing, transportation costs, medical bills and funeral costs, FEMA’s Region 9 Administrator Robert Fenton Jr. said.
About 40,000 people have already applied for health and FEMA has distributed more than $8 million in funding for immediate needs, The Associated Press reported.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the next step is to look towards rebuilding.
She issued an executive order to make the process easier.
“We don’t want people burdened by red tape and bureaucracy, so my executive directive addresses that. It addresses streamlining the debris removal. It talks about actually immediate action that we can take to make 1400 units of housing available … then establishing a framework to secure additional regulatory relief and resources,” Bass said, according to CNN.
The threat however isn’t over. Strong winds have started blowing once again, with people in the path of the Palisades fire being told to prepare to evacuate, CNN reported
As of Tuesday afternoon, overall about 88,000 people were still under previous evacuation orders and another 84,800 have been told to be ready, the AP reported.
The death toll stood at 24 on Tuesday with about two dozen people missing, USA Today reported.
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