The ongoing disaster will affect residents’ health, local industries, public budgets and the cost of housing for years to come.

Los Angeles residents are hoping to avoid new blazes that would further complicate efforts to contain the historic wildfires that have left at least 25 people dead.

Weary and anxious from a week of massive blazes burning around Los Angeles, Southern California residents faced dire new wildfire warnings Tuesday while preparing to flee at a moment's notice as fire-fueling winds blasted the area again.