The California wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people, destroyed more than 10,000 structures and prompted evacuation orders affecting 180,000 people.
Here's a look at some of the landmarks before and after the wildfires, which include the two largest, the Palisades Fire in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the Eaton Fire in the Altadena section of Pasadena, Calif.
The Eaton Fire, which started Tuesday night, has grown to approximately 5,476 hectares, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). And it has destroyed more than 5,000 structures, such as homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles.
Among the many structures was the Altadena Community Church, which was founded in 1940, and was destroyed by the wildfire in downtown Altadena on Wednesday.
“To all faith communities, including the Pasadena Jewish Center and St. Mark's Episcopal across the street who also lost their buildings, we send our love and condolences and always our prayers,” the church posted on its Facebook page Wednesday.
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In downtown Altadena, Mendocino Street is pictured in a July 2022 Google Maps screenshot.
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A picture was taken of the same street on Wednesday as people made their way across the intersection amidst wildfire smoke and poor air quality.
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Open for 26 years, the Bunny Museum, which claimed to be the only museum in the world about all bunnies, burned to the ground on Wednesday. “He only saved a few bunny things. We saved the cats and rabbits,” the museum wrote in a post on its Facebook page, saying it was the last of the buildings around it to be burned. .
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In this aerial view, satellite images show the before and after of homes burned by the Eaton Fire near Marathon Road in Altadena, Wednesday.
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The Palisades fire, which started Tuesday morning, has grown to about 7,991 hectares, according to Cal Fire. It has destroyed more than 5,300 structures.
Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church is among the structures destroyed.
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These satellite stills show homes and businesses before and after the Palisades Fire, along Pacific Coast Highway and Tuna Canyon in Los Angeles on October 20, 2024, and Wednesday, respectively.
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And this animation shows homes in a residential area of the Pacific Palisades before and after the fire, on October 20, 2024, and Thursday, respectively.
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