Five people have died in the Eaton Fire burning northeast of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The identities and circumstances of their deaths have not been disclosed.

While another Los Angeles County wildfire burned homes to the ground, the community of Altadena was also left devastated by a quickly moving blaze — one that has left at least five people dead and injured several others as it wiped out entire buildings.

Five people have now been confirmed dead due to the raging Eaton Fire, which has scorched 10,600 acres and 972 structures in Pasadena and Altadena, east of Los Angeles. The fire, which broke out around 6:30 p.

The 10,000-acre Eaton Fire swept through communities in Pasadena Wednesday morning after torching an unknown number of homes in neighboring Altadena in the San Gabriel Valley. KTLA 5 News reporter Chip Yost was on live television as homes on Glen Avenue near Montana Street went up in flames.

Officials in Pasadena are warning residents in the area of the Eaton Fire not to use their tap water. A do-not-drink order remains in effect for the evacuation zones.