More than 100,000 people and businesses remain without power Thursday as wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. As of about 1:16 p.m. ET, nearly 108,000 outages had been reported, according to the USA TODAY power outage tracker.

More than 2 million people were left in the dark (and the smoke) on Wednesday as fires raged around Southern California.

Extreme weather conditions in Southern California fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds have created at least four wildfires, leading to at least two deaths, multiple injuries, thousands of mandatory evacuations, and widespread property destruction. ➤ Get weather and fire alerts via text: Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location

The Hurst Fire has set 505 acres ablaze near San Fernando, California in the Sylmar neighborhood, according to Cal Fire. It is 0% contained. The cause of the fire, which was discovered on Tuesday at around 10:30 p.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted Tuesday and roared across the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least 10 people.

Thousands of people have fled their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades has grown to more than 17,000 acres Wednesday.

Almost 3,000 acres ablaze, thousands ordered to evacuate. Eaton Fire map State of emergency. Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency as the Nationa