The Los Angeles wildfires have devastated most of the Pacific Palisades area, with over 130,000 people forced to evacuate, with flames only being fuelled further by strong winds. The death toll has risen to 25 and the combined area burnt by the fires around Los Angeles is reportedly about 60 square miles.

With the fires in Los Angeles still burning, the cost of their destruction, beyond the lives lost, remains unknown, but is certain to total in the tens of billions of dollars.