The death toll in the devastating California wildfires has risen to five, as the flames continue to engulf the Los Angeles area and threaten the Hollywood Hills. Officials had previously confirmed two fatalities from the fires.

Los Angeles is reeling from the most destructive wildfires in its history, and firefighters are struggling to contain the devastating blaze.

At least five people have been killed and thousands of structures have burned in wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in the Bell Canyon area of Los Angeles following a pop-up brush fire. NBC News' Jacob Soboroff reports on residents' responses and how dry vegetation combined with hurricane-force winds have created the dangerous conditions they now face.