Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from Southern California in the United States where wildfires have been ravaging the area for days after starting in the Palisades.
Five people have died and many homes have been destroyed.
New Zealand documentary maker David Farrier is based in Los Angeles and joins Anna Thomas to share what it's like on the ground.
A beach house is engulfed in flames as the Palisades Fire burns along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on 8 January 2025. Photo: AGUSTIN PAULLIER / AFP
