Aerial footage reveals destruction amid Los Angeles fire

Aerial views of Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area on Thursday (January 9) showed widespread devastation in the wake of the Palisades Fire, which continues to burn.

Row upon row of burned out structures could be seen from various overhead vantage points as a smoky haze still hung in the air.

The Palisades fire between Santa Monica and Malibu on the city's western flank and the Eaton fire in the east near Pasadena are already the most destructive in Los Angeles history, burning nearly 28,000 acres so far - an area exceeding the size of Disney World - and turning entire neighborhoods to ash. At least five people have been killed, thousands of structures have been incinerated and nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, officials said.

The National Weather Service extended Red Flag warnings - issued when the risk for fire is high due to low humidity, high winds and warm temperatures - for Los Angeles and Ventura counties through 6 p.m. Friday.

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[Graceprivatesociety]

All those billions sent to wars that could have been invested in crises prevention measures.

[Narmek-the-alien]

Our prayers and condolences to those who lost their homes in Los Angeles, California.
From Gaza, we understand your feelings very damn well, and we pray that no one will experience the feeling of losing a loved one as half of us did.

[funkypixie]

It's Mad that the trees are still standing but the houses are totalled

[anitagorse]

Stop building with wood and cardboard.

[dayatec]

Karma is the Wonderful Boomerang😊. Destruction made to others.. Destroyed by nature

[UtoniumJock]

A city near the ocean has a water problem? No it has a management problem.

[andykostynowicz]

reminiscent of the great fire of London. After that we stopped building our house from wood. Building regs need to be changed

[salezvr]

A lot of expensive land is now for sale.

[timmorisma]

1:00 The only house that didn’t burn down

[MaryLove-dw]

Gosh, it’s apocalyptic! My heart goes out to all affected and the brave services keeping people safe. ❤

[Nochancet.v]

All wooden houses they look well built and sturdy but they are basicly fancy sheds . All a facade just like all of america

[kelleennordquist]

Actually it's not true that the "demand for water caused it to run refused to refill the reservoirs and it's because of incompetence.

[bearbaler]

This is what happens when your houses were built by the first 2 little piggies

[markgriffiths]

My heart goes out to all the people whom have lost their homes and livelihoods from the UK

[KIMkardashi-un]

I wonder when Ukraine, Africa, and Isreal will send some money over for this crisis?

[cainsmyth]

how many times do these houses in LA need to burn down and be rebuilt before you stop making them out of wood?
yeah I get its hot but you have AC and there are a lot of hot places in Europe like Spain and they don't have wooden houses

[saeedassou]

Why they still using timber to build? Devastating for the locals.

[locky]

Thumbnail legit looks like it should be a COD map

[jayaramlamichhane]

So what was the purpose of thousands of firefighters and fire trucks???

[MaxineSmith-qq]

I'm so sorry for what has happened in LA, so many people who lost there homes 🏡 but your lives are more important. So Very sorry indeed 😢