Over 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes after fast-moving wildfires have torn through Southern California, showing no signs of slowing down. Fires swept through the affluent neighbourhoods of Pacific Palisades and Eaton on Tuesday evening,

The flames are threatening Pacific Palisades, an affluent coastal neighborhood that is home to about 24,000 people, roughly 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. Officials ordered residents to evacuate immediately. Part of the Pacific Coast Highway and several nearby schools were closed.

A wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, destroying homes and creating traffic jams as 30,000 people evacuated beneath huge plumes of smoke that covered much of the metropolitan area.