Altadena, California resident David Slater, 81, looks at the damage from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on 9 January 2025. Photo: ZOE MEYERS / AFP
Hundreds of thousands of people have evacuated and thousands of homes have burned in what may be California's costliest fire disaster.
A half-dozen large blazes have been burning through Los Angeles from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena.
Here are some of the harrowing images photographers from AFP and Getty have captured:
People watch as a home burns during the Palisades Fire on January 09, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images
Richard Castaneda (L) and Rupert Garcia look at the ruins of Garcia's home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on 9 January 2025. Photo: ZOE MEYERS / AFP
A resident inspects the remains of her home that was destroyed by the Eaton Fire on January 09, 2025 in Altadena, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
An unidentified woman looks at a house burned by the Palisades Fire on January 9, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photo: Apu Gomes / Getty Images
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen during the Palisades fire in the Malibu area of Los Angeles county, California on 9 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, homes burned from the Palisade fire smoulder near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, homes burned from the Palisade fire smoulder near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on 9 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, the Kenneth fire (below) approaches homes while the back side of the Palisade fire (above) continues to burn Los Angeles county, California on 9 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
Chris Larson surveys the ruins of his business, the Rancho Bar, destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on 9 January 2025. Photo: ZOE MEYERS / AFP
Aaron Lubeley reacts as he arrives at his burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on 9 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
Danielle Maki displays an item she found in the remains of her brother's home burned in the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on 9 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
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, California on 8 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
A truck catches fire during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on 8 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
An aerial image shows smoke from wildfires including the Eaton Fire and Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, on 8 January 2025. Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP
A Bank of America is fully engulfed in flames along Lake Ave. during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on 8 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
A firefighting helicopter flies above the hollywood sign as the sky is engulfed in dark smoke from the many fires burning around the city, as seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles, on 8 January 2025. Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP
Margaret Larkin views her burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on 8 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
A beach house is engulfed in flames as the Palisades Fire burns along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on 8 January 2025. Photo: AGUSTIN PAULLIER / AFP
Firefighters arrive at the scene as Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California, on 8 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
Firefighters work the scene as an apartment building burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on 8 January 2025. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
A firefighter douses flames as a liquor store burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California. Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on 8 January 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: ERIC THAYER / AFP
Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP
A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb is burning buildings and sparking evacuations. Photo: AFP / DAVID SWANSON
A resident attempts to protect his property from the flames closing in on his home. Photo: AFP / DAVID SWANSON
Flames are seen on the hillsides above Hollywood Blvd. during the Sunset Fire on 8 January 2025 in Hollywood, California. Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Images
Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a home on January 8, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Photo: Eric Thayer / Getty
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