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  s are burning across Los Angeles county | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Massive wildfires  that engulfed whole neighbourhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California's National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. News of the growing toll, announced late Thursday (January 9, 2025) by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, came as swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins.  What ignited the deadly California wildfires? Investigators consider an array of possibilities A vast firefighting operation continued into the night, bolstered by water-dropping helicopters thanks to a temporary lull in winds, even as new fires continued to spring up. With reports of looting, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said a nighttime curfew was planned, and the state's National Guard was on hand to patrol affected areas. Governor Gavin Newsom said the service members...