Wildfires are raging out of control across parts of Los Angeles. A fierce windstorm is fanning embers, billowing dangerous smoke across the city and turning the sky an apocalyptic red. At least four blazes are spreading in Southern California,

Although fires are still raging in Southern California, economists are already estimating that the January blazes could end up as the most expensive fire event in history.

Southern California is being ravaged by wildfires exacerbated by the Santa Ana winds, with many parts of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles under evacuation orders. A windstorm affecting the region has merged with dry conditions and a lack of rainfall in several months to create conditions sufficient for an outbreak of wildfires.