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At least 10 people are believed to be dead as wildfires continue to scorch many cities in the Los Angeles County area, Euronews reported.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says the fires are some of the worst he’s ever seen. “It looks as though an atomic bomb dropped in these areas”.

Luna acknowledged the death toll with hesitancy, saying “even as I’m telling that, it’s leaving my lips, I’m nervous about that number”. The LA Sheriff warned that the figure may increase in the near future.

Luna says he “doesn’t expect good news” and expects the death toll to continue rising, based on the sheer scale of the devastation.

The Palisades and Eaton fires are the largest of six currently blazing across the city. The two blazes alone have burned through almost 30,000 acres since they began on Tuesday morning.

The two biggest fires ravaging Los Angeles this week have burnt down more than 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures this week, according to officials.

The blazes have prompted the evacuation of some 150,000 people as homes countless homes continued to get reduced to ash.

The fast moving Kenneth Fire started in the late afternoon in the San Fernando Valley near the West Hills neighbourhood. Only hours earlier, officials expressed encouragement after firefighters aided by calmer winds and help from out-of-state crews saw the first signs of successfully beating back the wildfires.

“We are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, echoing the forecast that called for winds to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning.

“We are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, echoing the forecast that called for winds to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning.