Ferocious wildfires worsened in the Los Angeles area overnight, tearing through homes and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. Officials warned of devastating losses as the main blaze raced through the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

The flames drove residents to make desperate escapes from burning homes through ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.

Thousands of people have been forced to flee after "unprecedented" Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires ravage Los Angeles County.