World丨LA engulfed by deadly wildfires

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Devastating wildfires that swept through Los Angeles starting Tuesday continued to rage on Thursday, with five people dead and nearly 2,000 structures destroyed.    More than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate as dry, hurricane-force winds hindered firefighting operations and spread the flames.    At least six separate wildfires were burning in Los Angeles County. Three of them were totally out of control, 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. ▲ A beach house is engulfed by the flames of the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on Wednesday. Zoe Meyer/AFP    On the west side of Los Angeles, the Palisades Fire consumed 6,406 hectares and hundreds of structures.    Aerial video footage by KTLA television showed block after block of smoldering homes in Pacific Palisades, the smoky grid occasi ………………………………