A pair of massive wildfires menacing Los Angeles from the east and west were still burning unchecked early on Thursday, two days after they ignited, but firefighting crews made progress overnight in controlling a smaller blaze burning in the hills overlooking Hollywood Boulevard.

Photos from Los Angeles County show the shocking extent of damage caused by the Palisades Fire and other wildfires.

The worst-case scenario has materialized in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles where an estimated 1,000 structures, many of them homes, have been destroyed by a Santa Ana-wind-fueled wildfire,