"A strong Santa Ana Wind event is expected to develop Monday and last through at least Tuesday," the National Weather Service said.
After a weekend of reprieve allowing fire teams to continue making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los Angeles County, Southern California now faces another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds.
Over 1,100 firefighters were “strategically pre-positioned” across Southern California to address "ongoing critical fire weather," Cal Fire said.
With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, L.A.-area fire chiefs say.
As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, three fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.
Thousands of firefighters working to contain and extinguish a series of devastating and deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area took advantage of a welcome break from the dangerous Santa Ana winds at the start of the weekend,
LAFD contained the Sepulveda Fire near the I-405, stopping its advance with no injuries or structural damage reported.
The fire was first reported around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and exploded in size thanks to strong Santa Ana winds.