Wildfires, evacuations across California's Los Angeles: What we know

California has been placed in a state of emergency and five people have been reported dead as wildfires that began on Tuesday ripped across metropolitan Los Angeles, triggering evacuations and power outages.

The most populous state in the United States, California has frequently been swept by wildfires, with its fire season increasingly considered year-round. But the current wildfires are, by some estimates among the worst ever to have hit the Los Angeles region.

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