Sky News Headline; says: 'Fire crews fighting the wildfires that have ravaged vast swathes of southern California have all but admitted defeat in their battle to bring the inferno under control. Two people have been killed and an estimated one million people have been forced to flee from the flames, leaving their homes to the mercy of Mother Nature.
It is the biggest evacuation in California's history.
The high winds that have driven the fires, whipping the flames in different and unpredictable directions, are not expected to subside for at least another day. Firefighters say they can do little more than try to wait it out and react.