LA fires: High winds expected to cause extreme fire weather; 84,000 could be orderd to evacuate | 5 points

LA fires: Fires burning homes and businesses in Los Angeles for a week have killed at least 25 people, displaced thousands of others and destroyed more than 12,000 buildings in what might be the most expensive set of conflagrations in the nation's history.

Earlier on Tuesday, easing winds delivered a brief but much-needed reprieve to firefighters. The National Weather Service pushed back its unusually dire warning of critical fire weather until early the following day.

LA fires: Here are 5 key points to know

1. Red flag warnings remained in effect from Central California to the Mexican border until late afternoon Wednesday. The forecaster have said that high winds are expected to cause extreme fire weather Wednesday, as reported by Associated Press.

2. According to the report, NWS in LA said that a newly-issued Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for Southern California’s Los Angeles and Ventura counties will be in effect from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.

3. About 88,000 people remained under evacuation orders Tuesday morning because of the fires. But another 84,800 have been warned that they might be ordered to evacuate. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna encouraged people to consider leaving when they get a warning without waiting for an order.

4. National Weather Service in Los Angeles said in a post on social media warned saying, “Key message: We are not out of the woods yet. The winds underperformed today, but one more enhancement could happen tonight-tomorrow”

5. The Palisades Fire, along the coast, has been blamed for eight deaths, while the Eaton Fire farther inland has been blamed for 17 others, the LA County medical examiner's office said. Nearly 30 people were missing. According to Cal Fire, Palisades Fire has been 18 percent contained, Eaton fire 35 percent contained, Hurst Fire is 97 percent contained and Auto Fire is 47 percent contained.

(With inputs from Associated Press)