The size of the huge blazes, along with difficult weather conditions and the emergence of smaller fires, have extended firefighters’ timelines. “It’s going to be a slow, arduous process,” one official said.

More than 10,000 buildings are estimated to have been lost to the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles County. Among them, a lot of history.

The two largest, deadliest and most destructive fires in Los Angeles County did not expand overnight but remain dangerous winds expected to blow into Wednesday.