California’s insurance commissioner won’t allow canceled or nonrenewed policies in and around the fire zones for a year.

Friday, 8:15 a.m. PST Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said FEMA has pledged to reimburse disaster relief expenses; the Palisades Fire has expanded to more than 20,000 acres, with about 8% contained, and the Eaton Fire increased to nearly 14,000 acres with 3% contained.

Dozens of seniors from multiple assisted living facilities and nursing homes had to be rushed out into the streets as a fast-moving wildfire closed in on Tuesday night. The Eaton Fire started in the Angeles National Forest but fueled by high winds,

Hundreds of evacuees from the devastating Eaton fire gathered in hallways of the Pasadena Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 8, amid gray, smoky skies, while ash rained down outside of the glass doors.

More than 35,000 acres have burned so far, and at least 10 deaths have been reported, in one of the most costly fire disasters in California history.