Investigators from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner sifted through razed homes in Altadena and Malibu on Thursday to recover the remains of at least five people killed in the Eaton and Palisades fires.

Some of the worst air quality was measured downwind of the Eaton fire, which razed much of Altadena and left downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights under a pall of hazardous air.

The following day, on Nov. 6, the Mountain fire ignited in Ventura County and, whipped by powerful winds, razed more than 240 buildings.

The county’s preliminary plan calls for razing it, except for the portion where the supervisors hold their public meetings.

The Whittier City Council voted on Tuesday night to move forward with razing 83 ficus trees as part of a redesign of its commercial center despite backlash.