LA wildfires latest news: 10 confirmed dead [Video]

LOS ANGELES, Calif –

Firefighters are hoping for a break Friday from the fierce winds that have fuelled massive blazes in the Los Angeles area, killing 10 people, obliterating whole neighbourhoods and setting the nation’s second-largest city on edge.

On Thursday afternoon, the Kenneth Fire started in the San Fernando Valley. It moved into neighbouring Ventura County, but a large and aggressive response by firefighters stopped the flames from spreading.

The fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures since Tuesday, when they first began popping up around a densely populated, 40-kilometre expanse north of downtown Los Angeles. No cause has been identified yet for the largest fires.

Here’s the latest:

Archer Fire evacuation order downgraded

The Los Angeles Fire Department has downgraded the evacuation order for a fire in the Granada Hills area to an evacuation warning.

The department puts the Archer Fire at 31 acres.

Los Angeles fires leave congregants without worship spaces

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