The nature of the Santa Ana winds makes them perfectly suited to fueling blazes like the Palisades Fire, and climate change is increasing the risk

Firefighters were able to take advantage of relaxed weather conditions over the first half of the weekend to help their efforts to contain major wildfires around Los Angeles County but warned that an increase in winds was expected as we begin a new workweek.

With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, according to L.A. area fire chiefs.