Devastating LA wildfires are so big they can be seen from space

Wildfires ripping through parts of Los Angeles – forcing at least 150,000 people to flee their homes – are so extensive that they can now be seen from Space.

New satellite images show the inferno – believed worst in the history of the city – ravaging communities in the areas of Palisades and Eaton.

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Firefighters are so far unable to contain the flames, leaving them to spread across thousands of acres.

They have been exacerbated by hurricane-force 80mph gales – and the fact that parts of the city have not seen any rain in months.

More than 1,000 buildings have already been destroyed by flames, while at least five people are confirmed dead so far.

‘This firestorm is the big one,’ LA mayor Karen Bass told the press after rushing back to the city, cutting short an official trip to Ghana.

At least six separate wildfires were burning in Los Angeles County. Three of them were listed as ‘0% controlled’, including a pair of huge conflagrations on the city’s eastern and western flanks and the smaller Sunset Fire raging in Hollywood Hills just above Hollywood Boulevard and its Walk of Fame.

Smoke can also be seen rising from the cities of Malibu and Santa Monica in the satellite images.

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