Los Angeles wildfire: Hellish scenes as catastrophic wildfires fan through Los Angeles

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The wind whips embers while a firefighter battles the fire in the Angeles Forest near Mount Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena. (Photo: Reutrs)

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The wind whips embers while firefighters battle the fire in the Angeles Forest near Mt Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area. (Photo: Reuters)

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Firefighters prepare to fight flames from inside Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School auditorium as the school burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county. (Photo: AFP)

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A firefighter battles the fire in the Angeles Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area. (Photo: Reuters)

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Firefighters battles the fire in the Angeles Forest near Mt Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area. (Photo: Reuters)

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Smoke from the wind-driven Palisades Fire billows above a house nestled near a scorched mountainside in The Summit, near Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. (Photo: AFP)

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Smoke from the wind-driven Palisades Fire is seen in The Summit near Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles California. (Photo: AFP)

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A family cries while embracing as they arrive at their burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county. (Photo: AFP)

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A family cries while embracing as they arrive at their burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county. (Photo: AFP)

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Members of the Moore family stand near their burned family home after the Eaton Fire tore through a neighbourhood. (Photo: Reuters)