0% Contained.

An epic disaster.

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1. Update on the currently active fires, as of early Wednesday evening, from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection:

Palisades Fire - 0% contained

Eaton Fire - 0% contained

Hurst Fire - 0% contained

Lidia Fire - 0% contained

Woodley Fire - 0% contained

Olivas Fire - 0 % contained (Sources: weather.com, fire.ca.gov)

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2. The New York Times:

A new wildfire broke out on Wednesday evening in the Hollywood Hills, an area of central Los Angeles indelibly associated with the American film industry, as emergency crews struggled against several other devastating blazes that were raging out of control and forcing desperate evacuations.

Even though wildfires are a fact of life in the hills of Southern California, the experience of watching one encroach upon a metropolitan area left residents deeply unsettled and afraid.

The 60-acre Sunset fire, burning among the hiking trails and secluded mansions of the Hollywood Hills, was zero percent contained as of 9 p.m. local time. (Source: nytimes.com)

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3. Before it’s uninhabitable, it’s uninsurable. Wednesday’s firestorm in a wealthy area of Los Angeles could be the final straw that breaks California’s insurance market. The state’s insurance market has been teetering on the edge of insolvency for years thanks to catastrophic wildfires that have driven many insurers to stop writing new policies and drop existing ones. Wednesday’s wind-driven wildfires in a part of Los Angeles packed with multimillion-dollar homes could accelerate its collapse. (Source: politico.com)