LA residents making desperate escapes from devastating wildfires

Multiple massive wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force.

The flames have driven residents to make desperate escapes from burning homes through ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.

At least two people have died, and numerous others have been injured.

Thousands of firefighters are battling four separate blazes in the metropolitan area, spanning from the Pacific coast to Pasadena.

Images of the devastation showed luxurious homes that had collapsed in a whirlwind of flaming embers.