The Sunset Fire, which erupted in the Hollywood Hills and prompted evacuation orders Wednesday night, is the fifth wildfire that firefighters are facing.

A terrifying wave of wildfires squeezing Los Angeles on multiple fronts pushed closer to the symbolic heart of the U.S. film industry on Thursday after a new blaze ignited in the hills overlooking Hollywood Boulevard and its Walk of Fame.

Nearly 2,000 homes, businesses, and other structures have been destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades fires, and the number is expected to increase. The five deaths recorded so far were from the Eaton Fire.

The Sunset Fire, which has consumed 60 acres of land, was discovered on Tuesday at around 6 p.m. local time, according to Cal Fire. The fire started in the Hollywood Hills region while it was under red flag warnings due to extreme fire weather.

Fox News @ Night’ gives the latest details on a new fire in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, prompting a mandatory evacuation order.

Video showed a fire burning in the heart of the Hollywood Hills on Jan. 8, as multiple out-of-control wildfires raged across greater Los Angeles.

An expert on generative AI says the image is a fabrication. The chair of the group that maintains the sign says it was not affected by the fires.

Images and videos purporting to show the historic Hollywood sign engulfed in flames are spreading across X and other social media platforms as wildfires rage through Los Angeles, California. But the visuals are fakes,

The sign is secure,” a spokesperson for Hollywood Sign Trust, the nonprofit that maintains and secures the sign, told The Dispatch Fact