A member of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team was helping with evacuations when the Eaton Fire destroyed his Altadena home.

Firefighters continue working to contain the Eaton Fire that has burned Altadena and northern Pasadena. Here’s how the blaze grew, hour by hour.

Footage from the scene showed nurses, firefighters, paramedics and others rushing hundreds of patients, some still in hospital beds, from nursing homes near the fire area.

A fire broke out Tuesday night in the hills above Altadena near Eaton Canyon, prompting a response from firefighters. The Eaton fire has burned 10,600 acres and prompted evacuations in the area west of the Eaton Canyon Golf Course, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

More evacuation orders were lifted on the outskirts of the deadly Eaton Fire burn area near Altadena and Pasadena, with containment of the blaze increasing to 55% Thursday and Santa Ana winds finally backing down.

The Eaton Fire was first reported around 6:30 p.m. local time near the eastern Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, according to KTTV and CBS News. It has since set 1,000 acres ablaze and remains at 0% containment, according to Cal Fire.

Thousands of residents have left Pacific Palisades, while the “Eaton Fire” has spread to over 400 acres, affecting Altadena and Pasadena.

The Eaton fire, affecting areas in Pasadena, Altadena, Sierra Madre and La Cañada Flintridge, has burned more than 14,117 acres and is 35% contained as of Tuesday morning. Fire officials report that more than 7,000 buildings have been damaged by the fire.

An emergency room nurse from Sierra Madre ran towards the Eaton fire to save her elderly parents' home in Hastings Ranch from going up in flames after their insurance company dropped their fire insurance, she told Los Angeles' KABC-TV in a video shared on YouTube on Wednesday.

Two fire trucks were parked at the trailhead – one from Morongo Valley, a small town in Southern California's high desert – though I didn’t see the firemen. As I write this, the Eaton Fire,

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.

Fires ignited in Pacific Palisades, Sylmar, Altadena and Hollywood Hills, forcing thousands to evacuate amid a life-threatening and destructive windstorm slamming Southern California.