Officials are probing the area near where a small New Year’s Day fire broke out for clues about what started the deadly Palisades Fire, which has grown since last week to more than 23,000 acres and devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the NWS for swaths of L.A. and Ventura counties starting before dawn Tuesday.

A Washington Post analysis found that the Palisades fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier, raising the possibility that the New Year’s Eve fire was reignited, which can occur in windy conditions.

With more dangerous winds coming, LAFD says it has staffed all of its available extra engines and staged more than two dozen engines in fire risk areas, measures they failed to take ahead of the deadly Palisades fire.

Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PST The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades—an affluent coastal neighborhood—exploded to 15,832 acres, according to Cal Fire, making it the largest fire of the four burning in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday afternoon.

Firefighters increase containment of the Eaton Fire and Palisades Fire as a new red flag warning is declared for Los Angeles County.

Monday, 7:50 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 59% containment and the Eaton Fire at 87% containment, listing no other active fires in Los Angeles as a red flag warning extended through several parts of southern California.

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Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather Service said. Parts of L.A. County, and most of Ventura County, are at highest risk.

The National Weather Service has issued another rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in anticipation of Monday's Santa Ana wind event.

Containment of the deadly Palisades Fire has grown to 52%, up overnight from 49%, ahead of another Santa Ana wind event, which is expected to move into the region Monday with gusts of up to 60 mph. Firefighters have continued to benefit from a break in the weather,

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