Those fires are located in Pacific Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Woodley and Lidia.

The Palisades fire was burning in both east and west directions in the Los Angeles area and burned through more than 15,800 acres as the estimated 1,000 structures were destroyed, NBC News reported.

At least two people were reported dead early Wednesday, and later in the day authorities reported five people as having died in the Eaton fire, which has increased to 10,600 acres in size late Wednesday afternoon.

The Hurst fire has burned at least 505 acres, the Woodley fire at least 30 acres and the Lidia fire at least 80 acres late Wednesday afternoon.

Countless more have suffered injuries, but the numbers are unclear.

At least three schools in Los Angeles County also have suffered major damage, according to CNN.

Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Erik Scott said Wednesday morning, “We’re going to have more winds today and tomorrow. Likely the biggest growth that we are seeing is to the west and our biggest priority is life and structure defense.”

At times, those winds hit 100 mph and contributed to more than 300,000 customers losing power in southern California.

More than 1,000 firefighters were working that fire, which was 0% contained Wednesday afternoon.

Approximately 15,000 homes in Pacific Palisades and Malibu areas are under fire threat, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone said Wednesday they were prepared for one or two major fires, but not five.

Marrone said there are not enough firefighters to handle them.

“We’re doing the very best we can,” he said. “But no, we don’t have enough fire personnel in L.A. County, between all of the fires, to handle this.”

President Joe Biden was getting a CalFire briefing on the Los Angeles blazes Wednesday at a local fire station in Santa Monica.

The president was in the Los Angeles area on a previously scheduled trip.

All the fires are being pushed along by dry conditions along with the powerful winds that persisted overnight.

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park, whose district covers Pacific Palisades, told NBC News: “I really want to commend the neighbors in the area for their swift response and compliance with local orders. This was a fire that grew and moved very, very quickly with wind conditions as well as all the dry conditions, it’s been at least eight months since we’ve had rain in this area.”

A combination of dry conditions and high winds whipped up the fires and are affecting properties located outside of the fire-danger zones.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection predicted the powerful wind gusts would last through Thursday.

“Extreme fire behavior, including short and long-range spotting, continues to challenge firefighting efforts for the Palisades Fire,” CalFire said in a statement.

The Eaton Fire, which started Tuesday evening in the Eaton Canyon area near Altadena, quickly burned more than 1,000 acres by midnight. It rapidly consumed some 10,600 acres by late Wednesday afteroon and forced the closure of Pasadena schools.

The Hurst Fire started in Los Angeles’ Sylmar neighborhood, also late Tuesday, and burned hundreds of acres with the help of the windstorm.

The Woodley and Lidia fires are the most recent of the southern California wildfires.

A combined total of over 80,000 residents have evacuated from the Pacific Palisades, Pasadena and Sylmar areas of Los Angeles, fleeing “life-threatening and destructive winds.”

“It is hurricane-force winds, and you can imagine trying to fight fire in those winds,” Capt. Sheila Kelliher, with the Los Angeles Fire Department, told CBS News. “It is really incredibly challenging and volatile and unpredictable. Get out when those warnings come.”

Weather forecasters said on Tuesday that the windstorm had sustained winds of up to 80 mph and gusts up to 100 mph in some areas, creating a huge obstacle for firefighters trying to contain the blaze.