LOS ANGELES - Cal Fire just released their updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps for Los Angeles County . The state goes through this process every ten years or so, and it's meant not only to decide where resources are needed, but also to update clearance or home building requirements.

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone level.