Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,713 acres after being active for 13 days. A crew of 5,337 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 61% of the fire by Monday evening. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Northern California’s fire personnel are returning home after more than a week of working on the frontlines of the destructive Los Angeles wildfires. In the days following Gov. Newsom’s State of Emergency Declaration,

Tourism officials are looking for signs of what short- and long-term toll the wildfires that struck the Los Angeles area may take on its prowess as a tourism destination.