Astonishing video shows LA's scorched earth

The scarcely believable destruction wrought by the historic wildfires tearing through has been laid bare in horrifying images and videos that emerged today.

Breathtaking drone footage reveals how block after block of idyllic upscale LA homes are now nothing more than smouldering ruins with only charred tree stumps and building struts left standing amid the detritus.

Smaller, isolated fires still rage in the debris of some homes and yards gutted by the infernos which have since moved through and continue to burn elsewhere.

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