Portions of the heavily populated Hollywood neighborhood were ordered to evacuate Wednesday evening as a new fire broke out in the hills above the center of this city battling numerous deadly blazes.At least five people were dead and tens of thousands were forced to evacuate as six wildfires simultaneously hit the most populated county in America and stretched the region’s firefighting resources to its limits.

Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes on Wednesday, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena.

Several schools have been reported destroyed or damaged in the wildfires, including Palisades Charter High School, which was featured in the movie "Grease," Palisades Charter Elementary School and Marquez Charter Elementary School, the Los Angeles Times reported.