Fires raging in the Los Angeles area reduced some 10,000 structures to ash and rubble, killed at least 10, displaced thousands of others and spread over an area larger than the size of San Francisco.

A pair of massive wildfires - the Palisades fire and the Eaton fire - menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning uncontained on Thursday (January 9), turning entire neighborhoods to ash.

Two massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning uncontained on Thursday, but a brief respite from the fierce winds that have fanned the flames for two days allowed crews to slow their explosive spread.