Heartbroken families, displaced business owners and jolted community leaders are facing the daunting challenge of rebuilding in areas gutted over the past week by the massive wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate the Los Angeles area as wildfires continue to tear through the region.

Strong Santa Ana winds bringing extreme dry conditions to greater Los Angeles sparked a devastating brushfire in the hills of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, an inferno that by early evening had devastated more than 2,920 acres and prompted mandatory evacuations in the Los Angeles neighborhood and in neighboring Santa Monica.

A week after wildfires devastated Los Angeles County, drone footage reveals the extent of damage in Malibu on Jan. 16 from the Palisade Fire.

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