The home ignites, becoming the fire’s fuel. Soon, it puts off radiant heat that can ignite the exterior of the home next door, which then allows fire to penetrate to the neighbor’s carpets, furniture and appliances. In dense neighborhoods, the events play out like a contagion.

Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday.

Residents in the wildfire-ravaged communities of Altadena and Pasadena witnessed flames near the base of a transmission line owned by Southern California Edison.

Documentary filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos, who highlighted life after the 2018 Camp Fire, lost everything in the Palisades Fire in a terrifying case of life imitating art.

As containment grows on the Los Angeles-area fires, the state's disaster response is not done even when the flames are out.

Fire officials made the critical decision to forgo calling in scores of extra firefighters and equipment in the hours before the fire, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times.

As fires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, the devastation is a painful reminder for survivors of the Camp Fire.

Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of fires that have devastated several Los Angeles neighborhoods. Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions — including howling winds and toxic smoke — to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires,

The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.

In addition to the loss of homes, property and irreplaceable keepsakes, fire victims are also faced with navigating a frustrating government bureaucracy in their recovery effort.

Experts told NBC News that Southern California and other vulnerable areas need a transformational shift in mindset away from heavy reliance on firefighters to control blazes.