California’s insurance commissioner won’t allow canceled or nonrenewed policies in and around the fire zones for a year.

A new fire — the Kenneth Fire — erupted Thursday afternoon, so far spreading across 960 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says that blaze is 35% contained.

The Eaton and Palisades fires have burned more than 34,000 acres in Los Angeles County − an area larger than the city of San Francisco. The two fires cover the widest area among five fires in the vicinity and are raging through densely populated zones.

Here is our fire coverage for Jan. 9 at noon showing the latest conditions across the region. This also has a fire weather forecast and reports on the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Two Los Angeles County wildfires which tore through more than 34,000 acres in four days, killing at least 10 people and destroying more than 10,000 structures, are now among the 20 most destructive fires recorded in the state of California.

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