Heres where the Los Angeles wildfires currently stand after leveling area more than twice the size of Manhattan

The iconic landscape of Los Angeles County and its surrounding region have been forever transformed by a massive, multi-front firestorm that has leveled an area more than twice the size of Manhattan.At least 16 people have lost their lives in the series of fast-moving blazes, which officials have declared one of the worst disasters to ever hit California.Although smoke-eaters still have their work cut out for them in containing the largest of the fires, some significant progress has been made in knocking down some of the smaller conflagrations before they, too, could grow into continued raging infernos.Here is where the City of Angels stands in its unprecedented effort to beat back the historic confluence of wildfires.The Palisades Fire is the largest of the wildfires ripping their way through posh LA neighborhoods and the third most destructive fire to ever hit California.

So far, it has consumed 23,713 acres and more than 5,000 structures, including homes and businesses.Firefighters have struggled to contain the blaze because of Santa Ana winds, exceptionally strong, dry gusts named after Southern California’s Santa Ana Canyon and blowing in from the desert.

The winds have fanned the flames with gusts of more than 100 mph.Two people have lost their lives in the Palisades Fire so far, according to the official death toll.A lengthy list of Hollywood celebrities’ homes were burned to the ground, including those belonging to Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, and Adam Brody and Leighton Meester.As of Sunday afternoon, the Palisades Fire stands at just 11% contained, with more than 153,000 Angelenos in its zone still under mandatory evacuation orders.The Eaton Fire — east of Burbank and just outside Pasadena — is the second-largest blaze still burning in the area, engulfing 14,117 acres and destroying 1,213 structures.

It also has the grim distinction of being the deadliest of the wildfires burning in the Golden State, with eight...