Photos from Los Angeles and the Palisades reveal devastating scale of uncontrolled California fires

The continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes being .

At least five people have died as a result of the fires. Over as the Palisades, Eaton and Sunset fires — among others — burn tens of thousands of acres in densely populated areas.

Photos of the disaster capture the apocalyptic scale of destruction and heartbreak left in its wake.