State of emergency declared amid Los Angeles wildfires

A state of emergency has been declared after a wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity homes.

The fire forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who was in Southern California to attend the naming of a national monument by President Joe Biden, made a detour to the canyon to see “first hand the impact of these swirling winds and the embers”.

Source: PA Media
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