A wildfire ravaging the hills near Los Angeles had swelled in size by over 1,000% by Wednesday, torching dozens of homes and prompting a state of emergency.
The Bridge Fire is one of three out-of-control blazes that have erupted around the United States' second-biggest city, fuelled by a punishing heat wave and fanned by gusting winds.
Authorities issued widespread evacuation orders as the fire tore through the towns of Wrightwood and Mt Baldy, destroying at least 33 homes, several cabins, and racing through a ski resort.
'We live in the canyon so that fire was coming right in there, and you couldn't take anything out of there,' local resident Jenny Alaniz emotionally told broadcaster KTLA.
'I got the dogs out. Our house is gonna burn,' she sobbed.
