How the LA wildfires unfolded and what’s needed for recovery | BBC News

As Los Angeles faces its most destructive wildfires in history, tens of thousands of buildings have been destroyed, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes.

The largest blaze, in the Pacific Palisades area, has burned more than 23,000 acres, making it the city’s worst fire on record.

To grasp the scale, the affected area stretches across large parts of lower Manhattan and Queens in New York.