ONE building dubbed the "luckiest home in LA" is the last standing after the whole district erupted into flames by the wind-fuelled blazes. The two most dangerous fires, Palisades and Eaton, have already burned through 30,000 acres of land and led to 130,000 people being evacuated.
![[One home appears to be the only one that survived the fires]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/scorched-earth-luckiest-home-la-962610199.jpg?strip=all&w=615)
Enclaves in the Hollywood Hills and Pacific Palisades have turned to ash in what officials say are the most destructive blazes in the city's history. One aerial picture proves just how devastating the fires have been, with each street containing nothing but remnants of the homes that stood there a mere few days ago.
![[Fire engulfs a structure as the Palisades Fire burns during a windstorm]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/fire-engulfs-structure-palisades-fire-962550621.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Each building has completely disintegrated, with no structures visibly left - except one. On the right of the image, there is one massive home that appears to have kept intact despite experiencing deadly fires trying to raze it. It appears to be the only one to have survived in the area, with its neighboring properties turned to dust and rubble.
![[he remains of a destroyed home, lost in the Palisades Fire]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2025-pacific-palisades-community-los-962563105.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Grey smoke is captured still floating over the residential area after the fires that Donald Trump and LA locals have dubbed "apocalyptic". Satellite pictures have also revealed whole blocks of homes in Los Angeles have been burned to rubble by the wildfires.
Before photos show the neighbourhoods full of green trees, multi-colored roofs, and grey roads. While the after photos of the same areas show bright red and orange fires burning, thick smoke flying into the air, and brown rubble where houses were. Only one of the fires which started in LA are under control - the Woodley fire in Van Nuys.
![[Houses sitting along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/image_94a0eb.jpeg?strip=all&w=960)
