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• LA fires live updates: California wildfires latest news

Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.

Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County.