WATCH: Timelapse video shows wildfires rapidly spreading in Southern California

Devastating wildfires ravaged communities in Southern California, killing at least five people and forcing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people.A timelapse video, courtesy of Alert California/UC San Diego, shows the Palisades Fire rapidly spreading on Wednesday in the Topanga area.At least 180,000 people were put under evacuation orders as fires have consumed a total of about 42 square miles — nearly the size of San Francisco.The Palisades Fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

TOPANGA, Calif. —

Devastating wildfires ravaged communities in Southern California, killing at least five people and forcing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people.

A timelapse video, courtesy of Alert California/UC San Diego, shows the Palisades Fire rapidly spreading on Wednesday in the Topanga area.

At least 180,000 people were put under evacuation orders as fires have consumed a total of about 42 square miles — nearly the size of San Francisco.

The Palisades Fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

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