Wildfire tears through affluent suburbs of north Los Angeles

The north coast of Los Angeles is engulfed in flames, as an out of control wildfire fanned by a “life-threatening” windstorm is burning through three football fields of land every minute, Report informs via News.com.au.

The blaze, which started early on Tuesday morning, Los Angeles time, has burned through at least 1200 acres, or almost five square kilometres with an evacuation order in place for large parts of the Pacific Palisades area.

Footage emerging of the blaze shows homes and cars set alight while around 30 vehicles were left abandoned on the famous Sunset Boulevard as smoke and embers spread over metropolitan Los Angeles.