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

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

Here's the latest on containment for the fires burning across Southern California as firefighters work to get the blazes under control.

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.

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

"We are not screwing around with this, we do not want anyone taking advantage of our residents that have already been victimized," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.