The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year — burning entire neighborhoods to the ground, straining firefighting resources and forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes — may have led to hundreds more deaths than were recorded,

First discovered: 1:44 p.m. Aug. 7 A new wildfire was reported today at 1:44 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

A new study has tied 440 deaths to the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles County, a total that's more than 14 times a previous count.