(UPDATE) LOS ANGELES — Massive wildfires that overwhelmed entire neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California's National Guard soldiers were called in to help control disorder.
LOS ANGELES — Massive wildfires that overwhelmed entire neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California's National Guard soldiers were called in to help control disorder.News of the growing toll, announced late Thursday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, came as swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins.
US President Joe Biden told a White House briefing he had pledged extra federal funds and resources to help the state cope.'This is the most widespread, devastating fire in California's history,' he said.Through the blackened remains of devastated homes, gloomy vistas of the surrounding fire-ravaged mountains could be glimpsed through the smoke.The same fire flared up again near the summit of Mount Wilson, home to a historic observatory and vital communication towers and equipment.
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