Here's the latest on containment for the fires burning across Southern California as firefighters work to get the blazes under control.

The fires have burned a total area around twice the size of Manhattan—or the equivalent of about 22,000 football fields.

Biden has also recently spoken with California Governor Gavin Newsom on the phone to receive the latest update on the wildfires. This was one of the most devastating nights in the history of the City of Los Angeles. Residents awoke to the sound of ferocious winds buffeting all around them and a horizon cloaked in thick black smoke.