By Andy Sullivan The Pacific Palisades area ravaged by wildfires in Los Angeles is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the U.S., home to Hollywood A-Listers and multimillion dollar mansions. And ahead of this week's disaster,

We need to make it incredibly expensive to build in these kinds of environments,’ one expert told The Independent. ‘If the insurance industry refuses to sell policies, maybe people won’t risk it’

Fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, a multi-thousand acre fire caused evacuation orders of over 70,000 residents in the Pacific Palisades area of California, west of Los Angeles, on Wednesday,

Timelapse footage from the University of California San Diego shows just a glimpse of the intensity of the Palisades Fire. The video is from a period of 90 minutes on the night of 7 January hours after the fire was initially reported.

A timelapse video shows the speed of the devastating Palisades fire in California, which has forced thousands to flee.

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