US fires

More deaths reported as search teams make their way through burned out towns destroyed by California wildfires. Meanwhile, both the Woolsey and Camp fires are still burning out of control.

Thousands of farm animals and pets were moved from Ojai and Malibu, California, by rescue workers on Saturday and Sunday as wildfires raged across the US state.

Firefighters are working around the clock to damp down smouldering land and buildings that threaten to reignite in Southern California.

Parts of Southern California remained under siege early on Friday as two large fires threatened numerous Ventura County communities.

The Mendocino Complex fire became the largest wildfire in Californian history on Monday (August 6) as it raged at the southern tip of the Mendocino National Forest where crews battled to keep flames from descending into foothill communities.