LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office says the confirmed death toll from the wildfires ravaging the area has risen to 16. The coroner’s office says Saturday evening in a statement that five of the deaths have been attributed to the Palisades Fire and 11 are the result of the Eaton Fire. Firefighters are racing to cut off the spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles. New evacuation warnings are leaving homeowners on edge while a fierce battle against the flames is underway in Mandeville Canyon. Firefighters are using hoses to beat back leaping flames as thick smoke blankets the hillside.