A member of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team was helping with evacuations when the Eaton Fire destroyed his Altadena home.

More evacuation orders were lifted on the outskirts of the deadly Eaton Fire burn area near Altadena and Pasadena, with containment of the blaze increasing to 55% Thursday and Santa Ana winds finally backing down.

Footage from the scene showed nurses, firefighters, paramedics and others rushing hundreds of patients, some still in hospital beds, from nursing homes near the fire area.

A helicopter flies over Sierra Madre, California — a town neighboring Altadena — on Jan. 9. Houses shake when helicopters carrying water to fires in the foothills fly low overhead.

The two largest Southern California ... has decimated Altadena neighborhoods and spread to communities along the Angeles National Forest line, including Pasadena and Sierra Madre.

Firefighters continued working to contain the Eaton Fire that has burned Altadena and northern Pasadena. Here’s how the blaze grew, hour by hour.

The Eaton Fire was first reported around 6:30 p.m. local time near the eastern Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, according to KTTV and CBS News. It has since set 1,000 acres ablaze and remains at 0% containment, according to Cal Fire.

The deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena and Pasadena is 45% contained Wednesday, while red flag warnings of critical fire danger will be in place over the burn area — and much of the Southland — through 6 p.

An emergency room nurse from Sierra Madre ran towards the Eaton fire to save her elderly parents' home in Hastings Ranch from going up in flames after their insurance company dropped their fire insurance, she told Los Angeles' KABC-TV in a video shared on YouTube on Wednesday.

Thousands of residents have left Pacific Palisades, while the “Eaton Fire” has spread to over 400 acres, affecting Altadena and Pasadena.

Fires ignited in Pacific Palisades, Sylmar, Altadena and Hollywood Hills, forcing thousands to evacuate amid a life-threatening and destructive windstorm slamming Southern California.

A fire broke out Tuesday night in the hills above Altadena near Eaton Canyon, prompting a response from firefighters. The Eaton fire has burned 10,600 acres and prompted evacuations in the area west of the Eaton Canyon Golf Course, according to the U.S. Forest Service.