Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across southern California Thursday, leaving at least 5 dead and burning more than 27,000 acres, officials say. Police have arrested 20 suspected looters.

Firefighters are making progress slowing the major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.

Major fires have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena, and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.

Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other Republicans have blamed Democrat policies rather than climate change for the California wildfires that have killed at least five people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

Nearly 250,000 people and businesses remain without power Thursday as wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. As of about 1:15 p.m. ET, 249,515 outages had been reported, according to the USA TODAY power outage tracker.