Los Angeles, United States, Jan 9, 2025 (AFP) - Los Angeles fires rage on as residents sift through 'death and destruction'

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2025-01-09

Two massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles were totally uncontained on Thursday, authorities said, as shell-shocked residents began to pick through the charred wreckage of their homes. Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay eerily deserted due to the fires' destruction and sweeping evacuation orders, with smoke blanketing the sky and its acrid smell pervading almost every building......

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