California counts the cost as wildfires continue to rage – in pictures

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  • Firefighters inspect the damage caused to a residential area of Los Angeles

    Three firefighters walk down a street with burned out buildings on either side
  • A house sprayed with fire retardant in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood

    A house with rusty red fire retardant sprayed on its roof, front steps and garden
  • Houses in Altadena neighbourhood, which was severely damaged and left without electricity by the Eaton fire

    An aerial view of a neighbourhood of damaged and destroyed houses at dusk with only a few scattered lights visible
  • People distribute free water, food, clothing and other supplies from a private citizen’s truck in Altadena

    Two women and man unload large grey sacks of supplies from a vehicle
  • A charred vehicle on a street devastated by the Palisades fire

    A light illuminates a charred vehicle at sunset
  • A commercial building destroyed in the Palisades fire

    An US flag flies near a commercial building destroyed in the Palisades fire
  • A firefighter shines a spotlight for her partner as they search for hotspots in a burned area of Pacific Palisades

    A firefighter shines a spotlight for her partner searching a burned area of the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood with a beach and the ocean behind them
  • Downed power cables along the Pacific Coast highway in Pacific Palisades

    Downed power cables along the Pacific Coast highway in Pacific Palisades
  • A firefighter stands in an orchard of trees treated with fire retardant in the Mandeville Canyon neighbourhood

    A firefighter stands in an orchard of trees sprayed  with pink fire retardant
  • People affected by the Eaton fire in Altadena attend a community meeting in Pasadena

    Two women hug in the foreground as people gather in a sports hall behind them
  • People listen to a speaker at the Pasadena community meeting

    A police officer stands in the foreground with people seated on benches behind him
  • Firefighters work to create a firebreak in Pacific Palisades

    Firefighters work to create a firebreak as trees burn nearby
  • Firefighters work to create a firebreak in Pacific Palisades

    Firefighters work to create a firebreak as trees burn nearby
  • Fireplaces and chimneys stand amid the rubble of homes destroyed in the Palisades fire

    Fireplaces and chimneys stand amid the rubble of homes destroyed in the Palisades fire
  • The entrance to a damaged home in Pacific Palisades

    A burned out car and other twisted metal at the charred gateway of a house
  • A helicopter spotlight picks out firefighters cutting a containment line near Mandeville Canyon

    A helicopter spotlight picks out firefighters working on a containment line between a large charred area of land on one side and unburned land on the other
  • People sort through clothing and other items at a pop-up donation centre Santa Anita Park

    People look at clothing and other items laid out on the ground and on picnic tables
  • Moonshadow Malibu, a popular restaurant and surfing spot burned down in the Palisades fire after serving the community for 40 years

    A burned out car next to twisted metal and other debris on a coastal road
  • National Guard members at a checkpoint in Mandeville Canyon

    Men in combat fatigues stand in a road with armoured vehicles behind them
  • A firefighter extinguishes a hotspot in Mandeville Canyon

    A firefighter sprays water on a charred patch of land on a hilltop with an untouched residential street behind him
  • A fire continues to burn above Mandeville Canyon

    A firefighter stand in front of a wall of flames
  • An aircraft drops flame retardant in Mandeville Canyon

    A black and white aircraft drops rusty red flame retardant on a hillside
  • The burned out remains of properties along the Pacific Coast highway near Topanga Canyon

    The charred steel frame of a three-storey building with a spiral staircase running up the side of it with the ocean in the background
  • A firefighting helicopter draws water from the Encino reservoir

    A firefighting helicopter draws water from the Encino reservoir
  • Firefighters on their way back from fighting the Palisades fire

    Firefighters walk through unburned woodland with a smouldering hillside in the distance behind them
  • The remains of homes destroyed by the Palisades fire

    An view of razed buildings and charred trees in a residential area
  • An aircraft drops fire retardant

    An aircraft drops bright red fire retardant over a hillside as clouds of smoke rise behind it
  • A sign placed in front of a house left undamaged by the Eaton fire

    A sign reading ‘looters will be shot’ outside a whitewashed house
  • Firefighters gather while a helicopter flies overhead in Mandeville Canyon

    Firefighters gather while a helicopter flies overhead in Mandeville Canyon with clouds of smoke rising in the background
  • Mexican military firefighters queue to board a plane bound for California at Felipe Angeles airport in Zumpango

    Men stand in two lines at the back of military transport plane
  • A fire hydrant wrapped in caution tape in front of a burned out property in Altadena

    A fire hydrant wrapped in caution tape in front of a burned out property in Altadena
  • National Guard personnel gather in Pacific Palisades

    Men in combat fatigues gather around an armoured vehicle bathed in sunlight
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