Firefighters scrambled on Saturday to contain multiple fires in the Los Angeles area, fueled by dry conditions and strong winds. The Palisades fire, the latest of the blazes, had grown to more than 23,000 acres and threatened the Brentwood neighborhood.

Fire crews are continuing to make real progress against the L.A. fires. Thanks to more favorable weather conditions, a massive aerial assault, and brush clearing efforts on the ground along the northeastern front of the Palisades fire in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday,

“This is a tragic time in our history,” said Los Angeles County Police Department Sheriff Jim McDonnell during a press briefing on Wednesday. “These are…unprecedented conditions, but also unpredictable as the fire continues to spread and pop up in different locations, none of us know where the next one is going to be.”