Ten people died, 10,000 buildings were destroyed, 180,000 people were evacuated, $150 billion in damage was caused.
Here are the key figures that show the scale of the devastating wildfires that have raged through Los Angeles County since Tuesday.
Five explosions continue
Los Angeles is being devastated by five separate major fires.
The largest, the Palisades Fire, northwest of the country’s second-most populous city, has consumed 81 square kilometers (31 square miles).
It has devastated the upscale neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, home to millionaires and celebrities.
The second, at 55 square kilometers, is the Eaton Fire in Altadena, an eastern suburb of Los Angeles. Both fires are still out of control, according to state agency Cal Fire.
Three very small fires, the Kenneth Fire (four square km), the Hearst Fire (three square km) and the Lydia Fire (1.6 square km) have been partially contained – 35 percent, 37 percent and 75 percent respectively.
145 square km
The fire has devastated an area of approximately 36,000 acres (14,500 hectares or 145 square kilometres).
Compared to other fires that have struck California in recent years, which sometimes spread across several thousand square kilometers, the current fire is small in size.
However they are particularly deadly and destructive because they are located in residential areas.
10 dead
To date, at least 10 people are known to have died, the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday.
At least two died in the Palisades fire and at least five in the Eaton fire, according to firefighters.
According to official data, if any one explosion kills six people, it will become one of the 20 deadliest explosions in California history.
10,000 buildings were destroyed
At least 10,000 homes and other structures are already engulfed in smoke, according to Los Angeles County firefighters, including at least 5,000 in the Palisades Fire and between 4,000 and 5,000 in the Eaton Fire.
Both of these fires are already the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles County.
By comparison, the Camp Fire destroyed about 19,000 buildings north of Sacramento in November 2018, and the Tubbs Fire destroyed 5,600 buildings north of San Francisco in October 2017.
180,000 people were evacuated
About 180,000 people have been ordered to leave their neighborhoods. Officials are urging residents to heed evacuation orders, as some residents remain in place trying to save their properties.
The famed Hollywood neighborhood was also evacuated at one point due to the Sunset Fire, but that order was lifted Thursday morning after the fire in its hills was brought under control.
20 arrests
The neighborhoods affected by the fire face another threat: looting. Police have arrested at least 20 people on theft charges in the Los Angeles area since the fire first broke Tuesday.
A nightly curfew has been announced and the National Guard has been deployed to patrol the affected areas.
loss of 150 billion dollars
The fire could prove to be the costliest on record, with the destruction of luxury residences. Private meteorology firm AccuWeather has estimated losses at between $135 and $150 billion. And he can go up.
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