Wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke

The number of California homes and businesses without electricity ballooned to more than 400,000 on Wednesday, as multiple wildfires raged uncontrollably around Los Angeles. At least six fires have erupted since Tuesday in Los Angeles and Ventura counties,

Video showed a fire burning in the heart of the Hollywood Hills on Jan. 8, as multiple out-of-control wildfires raged across greater Los Angeles.

A fast-moving wildfire has broken out in the inland foothills northeast of Los Angeles hours after another blaze tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood along the coast, destroying many homes and prompting evacuation orders for

Evacuation orders went into effect in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood, with multiple homes under immediate threat on Tuesday.