Portions of the heavily populated Hollywood neighborhood were ordered to evacuate Wednesday evening as a new fire broke out in the hills above the center of this city battling numerous deadly blazes.At least five people were dead and tens of thousands were forced to evacuate as six wildfires simultaneously hit the most populated county in America and stretched the region’s firefighting resources to its limits.

A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles tourist spots as firefighters battled to get control on two other major blazes that killed five people,

The massive Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday, the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills of Pasadena on the other side of Los Angeles County.