As of Thursday morning, 17,234 acres had been scorched by the Palisades Fire and thousands of structures were destroyed or damaged.

Marlin Rodriguez grabbed her two kids and whatever she could in 30 minutes and barely escaped her home. "There's nothing left of it."

Malibu resident Joseph Church returned to find his home -- and his classic 1965 Porsche -- destroyed by the Palisades Fire.

Firefighters on Tuesday held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions.

New video has emerged from Malibu Beach, Californian along the Pacific Coast Highway, showing the remains of a long stretch of oceanfront homes that were destroyed by the Palisades Fire.