"It’s hard to see, because there’s so much pain and suffering,” said one local, who dropped off toys at the Westwood Recreation Center in West Los Angeles.

The potential cost for insurers of the devastation caus Los Angeles wildfires is now expected to surpass $20 billion, according to analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co., doubling their estimate from just a day before.

Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting more than 130,000 people to flee their homes in America's second-largest city.