US Vice-President Kamala Harris says the White House will ensure "no community has to respond alone" to several devastating and deadly wildfires still raging around the suburbs of Los Angeles.
The former California Senator is promising federal support to tackle the blazes tearing through LA neighbourhoods.
But thousands of firefighters are struggling to control the flames, fuelled by dry weather and 160kph gusts of wind.
Benji Hyer reports.
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