LA fires live updates: authorities announce curfew amid reports of looting, as death toll rises to 10

20 people arrested in California as huge fires driven by strong winds and extensive droughts devastate city

• Full report: LA fires burn through city as death toll expected to rise
• Mangled trees and charred homes inside a levelled community
• Visual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?

An update on the Hurst fire from the US forest service has increased the acreage burned to 771 and is 37% contained.

477 personnel were assigned to the fire.

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Author Of article : Amy Sedghi (now) with Kate Lamb and Petra Stock (earlier)

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