Winds strengthened in Los Angeles overnight as firefighters attempted to battle three separate blazes.
Residents are continuing to face dire new fire warnings and are gathering pets and important items, preparing to flee at any moment in Southern California.
A week after the first still-burning fires began, thousands of homes have been destroyed and at least 24 people have been killed.
Since Sunday, three people have been arrested on suspicion of arson according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Each of the fires started by the arsonists has been extinguished.
As of Tuesday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department has made 14 arrests in relation to the fires.
"Three for curfew, one for impersonating a firefighter, one for possession of burglary tools, four for burglary, one for DUI, one for felony vandalism and three for shoplifting,” LAPD assistant chief, Dominic Choi said in a press conference.
The fires could be the United States' costliest. While Government agencies haven’t provided preliminary damage estimates yet, AccuWeather, a company that provides data on weather and its impact estimates the damage and economic losses at US$250 billion to US275 billion.
