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The two Los Angeles wildfires that killed 29 people and scorched thousands of acres have been 100% contained at last after 24 days, local firefighters have said. More than 18,000 structures were damaged or destroyed in the deadly Eaton and Palisades blazes, which swept across California last month. The fires were declared fully contained by the California Department of Forestry …

Shell-shocked Los Angeles residents on Thursday surveyed the devastation from fast-moving fires that have claimed at least five lives, as officials warned the largest blazes remained totally uncontained. Swathes of the city lay eerily deserted due to the fires’ destruction and sweeping evacuation orders, with acrid smoke blanketing the sky. A vast firefighting operation continued for a third day, bolstered …