LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Palisades, Eaton fires slow, containment grows
24 dead as firefighters prepare for new winds Crews take advantage of relative lull before the expected return of dangerously gusty and dry weather
Pacific Palisades residents affected by the fires stand while parishioners pray for them at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica on Sunday. Members of the burned-down Corpus Christi Church also attended the service. Photos by Mindy Schauer — staff photographer
A helicopter drops water on flames from the Palisades fire that were encroaching on a home in the Mandeville Canyon area, where residents were evacuated Saturday.
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Growth of the Palisades fire was largely kept in check Sunday while crews made significant gains in containing the Eaton fire, as firefighters faced their sixth day of battling the deadly, wind-driven blazes that have raged across Los Angeles County and braced for the return of critical fire weather.
The death toll between the two major wildfires increased to 24 by Sunday evening, the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s department announced, with 16 deaths attributed to the Eaton fire and
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