Fierce wildfires are raging in the Los Angeles area, fuelled by powerful Santa Ana winds, sending residents fleeing from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.
Thousands of people fled wildfires in the Los Angeles area that turned picturesque neighbourhoods into the smoldering wasteland, with chimneys or wrought-iron staircases about all that remained of homes.
Driven by powerful Santa Ana winds, the flames obliterated more than 1,000 structures, scorched landmarks, made famous by Hollywood, and killed at least five people. One of the fires was the most destructive in the modern history of the city of Los Angeles.
Here is the pictorial display of how the deadly wildfires blazed, ripping apart the neighbourhoods.
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Pedestrians help a firefighter stretch a hose, as an apartment building burns, on January 8, 2025, in the Altadena section of Pasadena, California.
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Firefighters in action to protect a structure as the Eaton Fire advances, on January 8, 2025 in Altadena.
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A firefighter battles to put off the Eaton Fire that blazes a car, on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California.
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A man walks past a fire-ravaged business area after the Eaton Fire swept through the place, on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California.
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Flames are seen through a window of a burning building, as powerful winds fuelling devastating wildfires, in the Los Angeles area, force people to evacuate, at the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S., on January 8, 2025.
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A firefighter battles the Eaton Fire, on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California.
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Damaged structures are seen during the Eaton fire, in Altadena, California, on January 8, 2025.
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Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property on January 8, 2025 in Malibu, California.
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A motorist drives past a destroyed structure during the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, on January 8, 2025.
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A view of the destroyed entrance of the housing development area, owing to the wildfire, on January 8, 2025.
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Residents embrace themselves outside a burning property, as the Eaton Fire swept through the area, on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California.
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The Eaton Fire burns a Bank Of America branch, on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California.
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A man cuts down bushes as structures are burning owing to wildfire in Altadena, California.
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The Palisades Fire burns houses in the hill next to the Getty Villa, on January 8, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California.
Published – January 09, 2025 01:28 pm IST
