Authorities have imposed a nighttime curfew, and the US president says the military and National Guard will provide security US President Joe Biden on Friday likened Los Angeles to a "war scene" as multiple major wildfires continued to devour neighbourhoods around the city.

National Geographic's staff photographer—who has decades of experience covering wildfires—weighs in on why the latest fires are so devastating.

Major wildfires around Los Angeles raged for a third straight day on Thursday (Jan 9), as firefighters struggled to put out blazes in some areas.  In others, evacuees returned to