A firefighter operates a hose from atop a fire truck as heavy smoke emerges from the upper floors of a burning building in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025. The most destructive fires in Los Angeles history have killed at least five people, destroyed thousands of structures, and forced some 180,000 people to evacuate. (Photo by Jason Ryan/NurPhoto) (Photo by Jason Ryan / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)