While good progress has been made blunting two of the region’s smaller blazes, the largest were raging almost out of control on Jan 12. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TELL US WHAT YOU KIND OF SAW YESTERDAY AND WHAT YOU’RE SEEING NOW THIS MORNING WHEN WE FIRST DESCENDED INTO THE AREA, WE CAME OFF THE GRAPEVINE CAME INTO THE GREATER LOS ANGELES, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA,

Firefighters began to see some progress battling the blazes on Friday, as the strong winds spreading the flames dissipated somewhat. "These fires are not out, though today we're going to make a lot of progress," California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said Friday, the Associated Press reported.