Tens of thousands evacuate as 'unprecedented' fires blaze out of control around L.A. with wind gusts forecast to reach up to 100 mph. Follow live.

Here's the latest as high winds fuel wildfires around Los Angeles, forcing evacuations and causing power outages.

"The neighbourhood is a total loss": Footage shows flames engulfing LA suburb Palisades as people flee homes

Thousands fled devastating blazes in Southern California. Officials feared that flames could spread to more populated areas.

Ferocious wildfires in Los Angeles intensified overnight, forcing mass evacuations as firefighters struggled to control them

Tens of thousands flee L.A.'s Pacific Palisades neighbourhood as several wildfires burn out of control

Los Angeles firefighters say "no possibility" of containing multiple wildfires ripping through suburbs until winds subside - follow live

Multiple fires blaze throughout L.A. County prompting thousands of evacuations

Officials give updates on the uncontrolled wildfires engulfing Los Angeles neighborhoods. Watch and follow live.

Around 1,000 buildings destroyed by fire raging in Pacific Palisades area of LA, officials said - follow live

Two people are dead and tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate as unchecked wildfires tear through the Los Angeles area

Two people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate as uncontrolled wildfires rage through Los Angeles's suburbs

Two people are dead as multiple fires fuelled by powerful winds cause devastation across Los Angeles. Follow our live coverage

The death toll from wildfires in the Los Angeles area has risen to 5, officials say. Thousands of firefighters are battling at least three separate blazes.

In pictures: Apocalyptic scenes as fires rage around Los Angeles, residents in ‘panic mode’

More than 100,000 people evacuated and at least five dead as residents recount abandoning their homes: 'It sounded like a warzone'

More than 100,000 have been ordered to evacuate and at least five people have died in fast-moving fires in the LA area

A brush fire breaks out in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon, prompting an evacuation order

LA's Hollywood Boulevard evacuated as wildfires erupt in celebrity epicenter: Another 100,000 told to escape

Southern California's evacuation orders expand as a new brush fire sparks in the Hollywood Hills.

New evacuations ordered in Los Angeles after a fire ignites in the Hollywood Hills and quickly spreads.

"A hellscape in all directions": A day of chaos and crisis as fires ravaged L.A.

‘Panic mode’: Five dead in LA wildfires as Hollywood burns and 100,000 forced from their homes

LA wildfires sweep through Hollywood Hills in apocalyptic scenes described as 'Armageddon'