.................... LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - The Palisades Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, edged closer to one of the city's major population centers on Friday: the San Fernando Valley. Sky5 footage showed the fire's northern flank burning toward Mulholland Drive in the Santa Monica Mountains, where aerial firefighting crews have dropped slurry lines in hopes of halting the fire's northern progress. "They anticipate the fire reaching this point," said Sky5 reporter Gil Leyvas. "That has a lot of people in the San Fernando Valley worried." The fire was roughly two miles from Tarzana's Braemar Country Club and neighboring communities. Sky5 view of the northern flank of the Palisades Fire on Jan. 10, 2025. (KTLA) "The fire is uncomfortably close," said Leyvas. The Palisades Fire was mapped at 21,317 acres Friday afternoon, with containment expanding to 8%. The fire erupted Tuesday morning and, fanned by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, quickly ripped through residential and commercial areas in Pacific Palisades and Malibu. Officials estimate that more than 5,000 structures have been destroyed, many of them homes. Damage is believed to be in the tens of billions of dollars. Tens of thousands of people remain under evacuation orders or warnings. The evacuation order extended throughout the Pacific Palisades to the Pacific Ocean and included areas of Santa Monica, Malibu and Topanga. Residents and businesses in Calabasas remained under an evacuation warning on Friday. The CalFire map shows the Palisades Fire perimeter and evacuation zones as of 4 p.m. on Jan. 10, 2025. (CalFire) In addition, just before 4 p.m. Friday, incident commanders expanded the Palisades Fire evacuation warning to include neighborhoods just west of the 405 Freeway. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. At least 11 people have been killed in Southern California in both the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in Altadena and Pasadena. Of those 11, five are confirmed to have died from the Palisades fire, including one person who was found in the rubble of a burnt building in Malibu. As for the future firefighting operations and the potential for more wildfires, Cal Fire issued this warning: "The Palisades Fire continues to exhibit wind-driven and topographic runs upslope. Short-range spotting is still observed," the agency said in a bulletin. "On Saturday, typical mid-January conditions are expected. Sunday and continuing through the middle of next week, weak to moderate Santa Ana winds are expected. There is a chance of strong winds Tuesday. There will continue to be a high likelihood of critical fire weather conditions through next week."