Looting has been a real issue for authorities in Los Angeles, with multiple instances of criminals wading into evacuated areas to steal from deserted houses, including some dressed as firefighters. There have been a number of arrests, including seven in the last two days alone, according to an LAPD spokesperson this morning. “We even made arrests of two individuals that were actually posing as firefighters coming in and out of houses,” they said.

In another development, a civilian drone ripped a hole in a firefighting plane, officials said. The number of unauthorised drone incidents over the Los Angeles County fire zones are now “well into the double digits”, Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, told our partner network NBC News.