A chilling new map has revealed the enormity of the raging fires currently burning through the heart of Los Angeles.
Daily Mail Australia has spread the affected area in California across Sydney to give Australians an idea of how big the fire really is.
Seven people have been killed in the US so far and there are still three fires that authorities have not yet contained.
The two largest are still spreading Palisades and Eaton, which are about 35 miles apart, and are both still monitored at 0 percent.
Another fire in Kenneth, about 225 miles east of Eaton, is also uncontained and growing rapidly.
More fires in Hurst, Lidia, Woodley and Sunset Drive, which threatened the Hollywood Hills, have been largely contained by firefighters since they broke out on Tuesday.
The area the fire has already burned through would be roughly from Auburn to North Sydney, about 26km, measured horizontally.
Vertically, the fire has spread for approximately 12km from the city’s CBD to just north of Chatswood.
A map showing the sheer size of the LA fires if they had burned through Sydney instead
Three fires are still out of control in the US and several others are almost under control
Seven people died on Friday and that number is expected to rise
Fast-moving flames, fanned by powerful California winds, have blown through homes and businesses as thousands of residents were evacuated through smoke-filled canyons and picturesque celebrity neighborhoods.
The homes of Anthony Hopkins, Tina Knowles, John Goodman, Candy Spelling and Miles Teller are among those destroyed, while dozens of other stars now have to wait anxiously alongside their neighbors to hear if anything can be saved.
Apocalyptic fires swept through the upscale enclave of Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, quickly spreading to surrounding suburbs as a storm carried embers and debris in all directions.
Residents fled and then waited with bated breath to find out more about their homes, as news began to trickle out that entire streets had been wiped off the map, firefighters were running out of water, and resources were being used to put the blaze on fire. to fight on multiple fronts.
According to statistics from the Wildfire Alliance, the destruction exceeds that of the November 2008 Sayre Fire in L.A., which destroyed 604 structures in Sylmar, the city’s northernmost suburb.
Many of the towering fires that ignited Tuesday were fueled by Santa Ana winds, which whipped at more than 70 miles per hour in some areas.
Winds eased Thursday, but the National Weather Service warned that even the reduced gusts could still spread the fire quickly and winds are expected to strengthen again Thursday evening.
High winds could return on Tuesday and the death toll is expected to rise as crews sift through the rubble.
Thousands of homes have been razed and thousands more people have been evacuated across California
Police have made 20 arrests, 12 of which were related to looting, and authorities have warned criminals not to take advantage of the situation caused by the fires.
Governor Gavin Newsom said the state has deployed more than 1,400 firefighters to battle the blazes, with Oregon, Washington, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona dispatching teams to help.
AccuWeather estimated Wednesday that $52 billion to $57 billion in preliminary damage and economic loss has been incurred, but the fires continue to burn.
The Eaton fire north of Pasadena burned more than 200 buildings as workers at a senior center pushed dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds into a parking lot to escape.
The Hurst Fire, which started Tuesday evening, prompted evacuations in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley, while a new fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, the Sunset Fire.
It burned near the Hollywood Bowl and other iconic landmarks. Together, the fires have destroyed about 70 square miles (117 square kilometers), about the size of San Francisco.
Looters have also made the most of their time at the fires, with police making 20 arrests, 12 of which were related to looting.
Authorities had previously said they would go after criminals who planned to take advantage of the fires.
More than 415,000 customers were also without electricity in Southern California on Thursday afternoon, about half of them in Los Angeles County.
And residents in some areas, including Palisades, have been ordered to boil their water before using it as debris from the fires has contaminated some water supplies.