A brush fire in Granada Hills dubbed the Archer Fire was was reported just before 10:30 a.m. local time Friday and prompted more evacuations as five other fires continue burning in Los Angeles County,

In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped into residential neighborhoods earlier this week, killing 11 people and destroying thousands of homes,

As hundreds of Los Angeles residents return to find homes reduced to ashes due to a devastating wave of wildfires, many are fearful that their insurance policies may not cover the rebuild cost and that future premiums will be astronomical.