Los Angeles wildfires death toll rises to 10

The winds continue to be of a historic nature... this is absolutely an unprecedented, historic firestorm,

said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

This is the most widespread, devastating fire in California's history,

he said

We're throwing everything at our disposal — including our National Guard service members — to protect communities in the days to come,

he said

One of the issues that we have, of course, is we do need to be cognizant of the fact that this is our fire season as well,

he added

I’m going to spend every moment that I can making sure that I’m in as many areas as possible, meeting and talking to residents to see what is needed in the recovery,

Bass said

There is an extreme amount of frustration, anger, fear with regards to the erroneous messages that have been sent out through the wireless emergency Alert System across L.A County. I can’t express enough how sorry I am for this experience,

L.A. County Office of Emergency Management Director Kevin McGowan said at a news conference on Friday

Flying a drone in the fire traffic area is not only dangerous but it’s illegal,

he said

I don’t believe there is anything Angelenos can’t do if we stand together,

she added

We haven’t had any requests for further support. But Australia always stands ready to provide support to our friends in times of need,

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Albanese told Australian Broadcasting Corp. in the west coast city of Perth on Friday

We’re moving at recovery mode at the same time, meaning, we want the city rebuilt. We want to see Los Angeles come together,

she added

To all Angelenos, we’re fighting hard for each of you,

she said

You can’t not be in these affected areas. If you are, you are subject to arrest,

he said

We know that we’re going to have a possible increase in the force of the winds at the beginning of next week and we’re getting Los Angeles prepared, doing everything we can to save lives, that is our number one job to protect people’s homes, to protect people’s businesses and to prepare to rebuild Los Angeles in a much better way,

she said

No one is set up to deal with Mother Nature in the way we have just seen."

California Professional Firefighters President Brian K. Rice on CNN

This is an extremely vivid and heartbreaking example of what people in California have lost,

he posted

Waiting for our nanny and baby to escape the Palisades amid the flames and bellowing smoke clouds was the most terrifying 20 minutes of our lives. It felt apocalyptic, like a fever dream,

he posted

Yesterday morning we saw a video on Next Door that showed that our house had been burned to a crisp,

Jacobs wrote

We did the floors, and we put in windows and doors and painted,

Fran told Brian Entin

The devastation left behind is heartbreaking and the economic toll is staggering."

AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter previously told Newsweek

I don't even know what I'm doing,

Fran said