A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighbourhood and Encino, California, on 11 January 2025.
Photo: AFP / Patrick Fallon
Explainer – Destructive and dangerous wildfires have been burning through the Los Angeles area in the United States for six days now, killing at least 24 people and displacing thousands of residents.
Firefighters are now scrambling to ensure they can control three remaining fires before powerful winds pick up again and the existing blazes are at risk of spreading to new areas.
There are a lot of updates to stay across and questions remain on how exactly they started.
The Palisades Fire,…