The skies are blueish and a light breeze is blowing as I write this.

But we’re also exhausted and, with the winds blowing hard even as I write, on edge.

In this case, Fennessy said, fire was blowing sideways from house to house, with the structures themselves serving as fuel.

Sometimes, massive fires have multiple origen points, especially amid the sort of weather L.A. has experienced recently, with Santa Ana winds blowing at unusually high speeds.

Winds were blowing up to 70 mph, limiting air attacks and spreading the fire rapidly across Altadena, with embers flying two to three miles down stream.