At least 10 people are now confirmed to have died in Los Angeles wildfires, which have destroyed more than 10,000 structures in the area. Firefighters continue to battle the spread of the flames, while police are investigating whether some have been set deliberately.

Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.

Wildfires raged for the third straight day, destroying swaths of America’s most populated county and displacing tens of thousands of residents, with firefighters struggling to contain the biggest blazes.