The ongoing fire currently devastating the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles is now the most destructive in the state’s history.
After officials counted over 1,000 structures being destroyed in the inferno, it quickly overtook the second-most destructive – 2008’s Sayre Fire.
Statistics kept by the Wildfire Alliance indicate the Sayre Fire destroyed 604 structures in Sylmar, the northernmost suburb of the city.
LA’s fire chief said on Wednesday morning that the fires have left at least two dead, as well as many ‘significant injuries.’
The wildfires are rapidly spreading across Los Angeles with firefighters conceding they remain powerless to contain the flames because of strong winds.
At least 70,000 people were ordered to evacuate — a number that kept changing because evacuation orders were continually being issued, officials said.
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