A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the Hollywood Hills as a massive wildfire sweeps through Los Angeles. The massive fire has claimed 5 lives, destroying thousands of buildings.

At least six separate wildfires were burning in Los Angeles County. Three of them were listed as “0 per cent 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.

The fires sweeping across LA have burned down thousands of buildings, leaving the destruction of iconic and historic landmarks in their wake.