Los Angeles wildfires obliterate entire neighbourhoods | Photos

Firefighters are working round the clock to bring under control the wildfires in Los Angeles, that have killed 10 people and obliterating whole neighborhoods.

Updated on: Jan 11, 2025 8:04 AM IST

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A McDonald's restaurant is showered in embers during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California. A ferocious wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations January 7, as hurricane-force winds tore through the region.  (Josh Edelson/AFP)

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A man stands amid the rubble of his parents' home, destroyed during the Palisades Fire, in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 9, 2025. The two largest fires burning in Los Angeles remain "zero percent" contained on January 9 despite firefighting operations, officials said, as they also vowed to tackle looting of evacuated homes.  (Patrick T Fallon/AFP)

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An apartment building burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California. At least ten people are now known to have died in wildfires raging around Los Angeles, with more deaths feared, law enforcement said. (Josh Edelson/AFP)

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In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Josh Edelson/AFP)

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Lebron Jones (C) wipes his eyes while viewing his burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California. More than 1,000 buildings have burned in multiple wildfires that have erupted around America's second biggest city, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (Josh Edelson/AFP)

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Flames overtake the intersection of Temescal Canyon and Pacific Coast Highway Fire at the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades California. (Robyn Beck/AFP)

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A beach house is engulfed in flames as the Palisades Fire burns along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on January 8, 2025.  (AFPAgustin Paullier/AFP)

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Melted lawn chairs are seen near the remains of a burnt home after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California. (Agustin Paullier/AFP)

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In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, the Kenneth fire (below) approaches homes while the back side of the Palisade fire (above) continues to burn Los Angeles county, California on January 9, 2025.  (Josh Edelson/AFP)

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Embers from the Eaton Fire fly down a residential street in Altadena, California. (Robyn Beck/AFP)

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In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025. (Josh Edelson/AFP)

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Fire crews battle the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

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A firefighter communicates in front of the advancing Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

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A home burns during the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025.  (Agustin Paullier/AFP)

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Beachfront properties are left destroyed by the Palisades Fire.   ((AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill))

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A helicopter flies over the Kenneth Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in the West Hills section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

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A lone burnt tree remains on a hill after the Kenneth Fire burnt through hills in the West Hills section of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

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A firefighter sets a back burn in front of the advancing Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

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The Altadena Community Church is pictured the day after it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire.  (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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A firefighter communicates in front of the advancing Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

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A person walks amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Beachfront properties are left destroyed by the Palisades Fire.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)