Wildfires raged for the third straight day, destroying swaths of America’s most populated county and displacing tens of thousands of residents, with firefighters struggling to contain the biggest blazes.

Fierce wildfires are raging in the Los Angeles area, with fast-moving flames burning through homes and businesses. Residents are fleeing smoke-filled canyons.

The potential cost for insurers of the devastation caus Los Angeles wildfires is now expected to surpass $20 billion, according to analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co., doubling their estimate from just a day before.

Here is the view from live cameras in the Los Angeles area, from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to the Hollywood Hills, showing wildfires scorching acre after acre.

Several residents of Los Angeles in the United States of California lost houses to the blazes as wildfires driven by dry strong winds called 'Santa Ana' reached Hollywood Hills of Altadena, Pasadena and Pacific Palisades.

By Jorge Garcia and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Two massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west devoured nearly 10,000 homes and other structures, burning into a third night on Thursday even as the fierce winds eased and gave firefighters a welcome but temporary respite.