The Palisades Fire erupted Tuesday and ripped through this coastal enclave. By Friday morning, the fire scorched 20,438 acres with only 8% contained.

Residents of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood near Los Angeles, California, are now taking stock of widespread devastation as a wind-driven wildfire continues to burn through the community. (Scripps

Though the Palisades and Eaton fires are smaller, they rank high in structures burned. Combined, they would equal the second-most destructive California wildfire in history, with more than 9,000 structures burned, according to early Cal Fire estimates. A more detailed analysis of the total number of destroyed structures is still underway.

A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.

Firefighters made significant gains Thursday at slowing the spread of the major fires, but overall containment remained far out of reach.