Before and after: Piles of ash line streets in videos showing extent of devastation caused by LA fires

Before and after: Piles of ash line streets in videos showing extent of devastation caused by LA firesMixed

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00:00Fires are tearing through Southern California, forcing thousands to flee as panicked residents

00:05escape the fury being fueled by high winds.

00:09The Palisades, Eaton and Hearst fires started up in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, engulfing

00:14nearly 27,000 acres in the blaze as of Wednesday afternoon.

00:20Officials are now warning that the situation is likely to get worse.

00:23Five people were killed and 150,000 were forced to evacuate.

00:28Dramatic photos from Tuesday and Wednesday help tell the story of how a small fire exploded

00:33in hours, leading to disaster in the nation's second largest city.