Million Dollar Listing" star Josh Altman tells Fox News Digital how the Los Angeles fires have affected residents of the Southern California town.

After wildfires destabilize hillsides, the risk of landslides grows, making episodes like this more likely in the future.

An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.

The destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area are among the largest there in recent memory. See them plotted on other cities with this interactive map.

So far, the probe is focusing on potential human causes, which could include arson, fireworks, unauthorized camping or a rekindling of an earlier fire, law enforcement sources said.

Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

A CBS News analysis of satellite imagery and photos shared by local residents indicates the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles likely started close to where another blaze, the Lachman Fire, broke out on Jan.

After a devastating wildfire, a home in the Pacific Palisades was split in half by a landslide. Is there a risk of more landslides to come?

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,713 acres after being active for 10 days. A crew of 4,471 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 31% of the fire by Friday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Joe Lando told Fox News Digital that "everything is gone" after the Pacific Palisades fire devastated the community.

Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.