At least five people have reportedly perished as a consequence of the circumstances, according to the Associated Press (AP), and the city’s apocalyptic flames have burned over 1,000 buildings.
Firefighters have been fighting the flames from planes overhead since Wednesday, January 8, but at first the gusts were too fierce.
While firefighters battling the fire have acknowledged that they are running out of water, Californian Fire Service battalion.
Head David Acuna told the BBC’s Today show that the fire is “rapidly expanding” and that there has been “zero” success in slowing it down.
Paris Hilton has disclosed the effects of the flames on her Malibu house after other celebrities, like Mark Hamill and Billy Crystal from Star Wars, shared the destruction of their homes on social media.
Alongside news reports of the fires, the entrepreneur posted on Instagram today, January 9, saying, “I’m heartbroken beyond words.”
