California wildfires: winds pose ‘extreme danger’ for Los Angeles

Race to contain deadly blazes as authorities warn 80mph gusts could fan flames in already devastated communities

Wildfires blazing through California have entered the heart of Los Angeles as authorities warned of an “extreme fire danger” across the city.

Firefighters in the affluent Bel-Air neighbourhood battled to save multimillion-dollar estates in the path of the flames, which have destroyed homes near the Getty museum in America’s second largest city.