Firefighters work to clear a firebreak

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Before and after images show destruction of LA fires

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Published On 13 Jan 202513 Jan 2025

  • Wildfires have killed at least 24 people in what California Governor Gavin Newsom says could be the most devastating natural disaster in US history, one that has destroyed thousands of homes and forced 100,000 people to evacuate.
  • The so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon, are helping drive the wildfires in Los Angeles and are likely to worsen.