By Huw Griffith for AFP
Rampaging wildfires around Los Angeles have killed at least two people and caused a “significant number” of serious injuries, officials tackling the terrifying blazes said on Wednesday.
More than 1000 buildings have burned in multiple wildfires that have erupted around America’s second biggest city, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.
Hurricane-force winds have whipped up fireballs that have leapt from home to home in the upmarket Pacific Palisades area, torching a swathe of California’s most desirable real estate.
“We have well over 5000 acres (2000 hectares) that have burned, and the fire is growing,” Los Angeles Fire Chief…