Two men arrested outside Kamala Harris’s evacuated LA home

continue to spread across the city.

detained the pair for breaking curfew rules early on Saturday after receiving a call about a potential burglary.

The LAPD has since released the men, saying they found no evidence they were committing a crime.

The Telegraph reports that it is still unclear what the men were doing on the property or whether the incident will be investigated further.

Active duty US military personnel stand ready to deploy to contain wildfires that have ripped through Los Angeles, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said on Sunday in an interview on ABC's "This Week" program.

The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area has risen to 16 as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city's most famous landmarks.

coroner's office said in a statement Saturday evening.

The previous number of confirmed fatalities before Saturday was 11, but officials said they expected that figure to rise as teams with cadaver dogs conduct systematic grid searches in levelled neighbourhoods. Authorities have established a centre where people can report the missing.

Joseph Everett, assistant chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department's west bureau, said it has been difficult to see such destruction in an area where he, his father and grandfather all have worked as firefighters.

"It resonates with me heavily," he said at a community meeting Saturday night. "Please be patient as we are up there — we're still aggressively fighting fire out there."

There were fears that winds could move the fires toward the J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles, while new evacuation warnings left more homeowners on edge.

By Saturday evening, Cal Fire reported the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth and Hurst fires had consumed about 62 square miles (160 square kilometres), an area larger than San Francisco. The Palisades and Eaton fires accounted for 59 square miles (nearly 153 square kilometres).

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