Late Saturday, the Los Angeles county medical examiner said that 11 people had been killed in the Eaton fire. It makes that blaze, near Pasadena, among the deadliest in California history.
Five people are also confirmed dead in the Palisades fire, bringing the total death toll for the series of blazes raging across Los Angeles to 16. Officials have warned that the number of fatalities is likely to rise.
Here are the other deadliest fires ever in the state, according to Cal Fire:
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Camp fire, 2018: It killed 85 people in Butte County and destroyed 18,000 structures.
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Griffith Park fire, 1933: This fire burned just 47 acres but killed 29 men who were fighting it. Newspapers at the time reported that the men fighting the fire were largely untrained.
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Tunnel fire, 1991: It killed 25 people, destroyed 2,900 structures and burned through 1,600 acres in the hills of Oakland.
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Tubbs fire, 2017: The blaze killed 22 people, razed 36,000 acres and destroyed 5,600 structures in Napa and Sonoma counties.
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Rattlesnake fire, 1953: The fire in Glenn County, in Northern California, killed 15 people.
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Cedar fire, 2003: The fire in San Diego killed 15.
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North Complex fire, 2020: The fire burned in the Northern California counties of Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties, and killed 15 people.
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Hauser Creek fire, 1943: It killed 11 people in the San Diego area.
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Inaja fire, 1956: It killed 11 people in the Cleveland National Forest in San Diego County.
