Aerial shots show the destruction of a wide range of houses by the Eaton fire in Altadena, California.

A fire has erupted at a battery storage facility in the US state of California, one of the largest in the world, triggering the evacuation of hundreds of people.

Residents of Los Angeles are deeply concerned about the ongoing wildfires, insurance companies' refusal to compensate for damages, and the exacerbation of existing housing shortages and inequality.

Devastating wildfires are tearing through communities

Resnicks – the billionaire couple of Los Angeles – control critical water resources in the city, with their pistachio farms guzzling more water than all households in the city combined.

California wildfires have been ravaging many towns in California, incurring record damages, and burning to the ground homes and businesses.

The raging wildfires in the US have revealed poor crisis management with all fingers at misplaced priorities of the Biden administration – aid to Israel and neglect at home.

The death toll from the Los Angeles wildfire rises to 16, as looter dressed as firemen raid homes.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 02:00 GMT on January 12, 2025.

Iran's vice president for strategic affairs has drawn an analogy between raging fires in the western US state of California and Western-backed aggression on the Gaza Strip.