An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.

Homes were already burning and escape routes jammed when the Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, an AP review finds

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,713 acres after being active for 11 days. A crew of 5,478 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 43% of the fire by Saturday afternoon.