FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is on the scene in Malibu, California, where another devastating urban firestorm has wreaked havoc.
LOS ANGELES – Entire towns were incinerated this week by the wildfires that have been burning around the Los Angeles area.
The infernos have scorched tens of thousands of acres. The largest of the blazes – the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire – have been blamed for at least 10 deaths.
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
Thousands of structures have been destroyed, and early estimates show the cost of property damage will easily climb into the tens of billions.
These before-and-after images show the stark changes the fires have brought to the landscape. They demonstrate the terrible toll exacted on the lives of people caught in the crisis.
Historic Topanga Ranch Motel
The Palisades Fire is responsible for destroying the historic Topanga Ranch Motel. The images at the top and bottom-right show what’s left of the iconic red-and-white building.
POWERFUL IMAGES SHOW LOS ANGELES HEROES ON FRONT LINES OF CALIFORNIA’S HISTORIC WILDFIRES
Built in 1928 by newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst, the nearly century-old motel was destroyed by the California wildfires blazing through Southern California.
Will Rogers Ranch
Some other historical landmarks decimated by the Palisades Fire were at Will Rogers State Historic Park.
The pictures on the left show what the exterior and living room inside the former ranch house of Will Rogers – a famous vaudeville actor – looked like before the fire. All that remains are the chimneys.
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The home of Will Rogers, the famed 1930s actor known for playing a cowboy in Hollywood movies, was incinerated by wildfires that are plaguing Southern California this week.
The image on the left below shows what the stables at the Will Rogers estate looked like before the inferno. Some trees and fencing are all that’s left after the fire. The horses housed there were evacuated by park staff before the firestorm arrived.
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The wildfires sweeping through Pacific Palisades, California, have devastated the Will Rogers Historic Stable. Built in the 1920s by Hollywood cowboy Will Rogers, the stable was an iconic part of Will Rogers State Historic Park.
Seen from space
Satellite imagery shows the town of Altadena as it was being consumed by the Eaton Fire.
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Video shows what a neighborhood on East Altadena Drive in Southern California looked like before and after wildfires swept through the area.
Another set of images shows the aftermath caused by a wildfire that swept through another Southern California community.
Satellite imagery of a neighborhood in Altadena, California, shows how the recent wildfires have devoured numerous homes and businesses.