LIVE: Authorities provide update as wildfires tear through LA area

LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — Two people are dead and more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed by multiple massive wildfires tearing across the Los Angeles area, authorities said Wednesday.
The fires, which started Tuesday, have continued growing with devastating force early Wednesday as residents made a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes in the metropolitan