After Palisades natives banded together on WhatsApp and raised more than $120,000 on GoFundMe, they face what experts say has become a common scenario after natural disasters: Unexpected scrutiny and challenges as they attempt to manage and distribute the funds.

So far, the probe is focusing on potential human causes, which could include arson, fireworks, unauthorized camping or a rekindling of an earlier fire, law enforcement sources said.

When social media personality Alex Choi saw the raging wildfire in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, he grabbed his camera and dirt bike and went to document the devastation.

Firefighters are battling the fast-moving, destructive Palisades fire. Here are details on evacuations, road closures, shelters.

LAPD suspends resident visits to fire area as search for more bodies continues. The fire, which has killed nine people, has burned through more than 23,000 acres.

The destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area are among the largest there in recent memory. See them plotted on other cities with this interactive map.

Million Dollar Listing" star Josh Altman tells Fox News Digital how the Los Angeles fires have affected residents of the Southern California town.

A CBS News analysis of satellite imagery and photos shared by local residents indicates the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles likely started close to where another blaze, the Lachman Fire, broke out on Jan.

An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.

With fire containment improving and winds dying down, some residents are being allowed back into neighborhoods devastated by the Eaton and Palisades fires.

Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.