Fires threaten more neighbourhoods as LA death toll rises to 16

Financial Times

Financial Times

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By now, the energy release from this wind-driven, drought-fuelled firestorm turned urban conflagration is into the megatons, and the nuclear-scale destruction is there for all to see: block after block and neighbourhood after neighbourhood levelled – roughly 12,000 structures destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, 55 sq miles of city and mountain burnt, nearly 200,000 residents evacuated – so far.
Guardian
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The two biggest fires devastating the Los Angeles area grew just slightly as firefighters beat back the blazes that have killed at least 10 people, obliterated neighborhoods and left the nation’s second-largest city on edge
The Gazette
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A series of devastating wildfires continue to roar across different parts of Los Angeles County, only partially contained, leading to widespread disruptions in the lives of residents there.
XinhuaNet
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Now the expansion of Los Angeles' Palisades fire has partially shuttered the 405 freeway, as the flames begin to encroach on the celebrity neighborhoods of Mandeville Canyon and Brentwood.
Daily Mail

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