A helicopter drops water on smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire burning behind Mulholland drive towards the Encino neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
Photo: AFP / PATRICK T. FALLON
The largest of the Los Angeles fires has spread toward previously untouched neighbourhoods, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control.
Across the city, at least 11 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since Tuesday (local time), razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a “war scene.”
Despite huge firefighting efforts, the Palisades Fire’s expansion prompted…