A new wildfire was reported today at 9:44 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.

A fast-moving wildfire raged across thousands of acres of California prairie near the Nevada border today, while Los Angeles was in the throes of back-to-back storms that could trigger flooding and mudslides in areas scarred by January’s devastating wildfires.

Evacuation warnings have been issued for communities near burn scars including the Eaton Fire area, Palisades, Hurst and Sunset Fire burn zones.

LA County is investigating State Farm for possible Unfair Competition Law breaches in handling Eaton and Palisades wildfire claims.

The Los Angeles City Council confirmed Jaime Moore as the new Los Angeles County Fire Department chief.

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Friday, as forecasters warned of rockslides and debris flows especially in the Los Angeles areas that were ravaged by wildfires earlier this year.

A “belligerent” man was found up a tree by emergency crews responding to a house fire in the Elysian Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles early Friday morning, police said. Heavy fire was reported at a single-family home in the 2300 block of Fernleaf Street around 2:15 a.

A Pacific storm could help California crews battle the dangerous Pack Fire in Mono County, but it could also wreak havoc on fire-charred communities further south.