'We've lost everything': Residents return to homes burnt in Los Angeles

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Rampaging wildfires around Los Angeles have killed at least two people, officials said Wednesday as terrifying blazes leveled whole streets, torching cars and houses in minutes.

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00:00We evacuated at 3 in the morning when the authorities asked us to leave, and we had

00:27to leave at 3 in the morning.

00:41My family, thank God I was able to take all my family, I have them safe.

00:50And thank God, that's all the material we can do, but this we can't.

01:12As soon as you walk in, you would be met with the living room, which is literally right here in this area.

01:21And then to the left of it was the kitchen and the dining room.

01:25And then right here was a room, and then we had two more rooms behind that.

01:31But as you can see, the only thing that's basically standing is the chimney.

01:36And yeah, now it's nothing.

01:40So our house was estimated about $1.3 million.

01:47And now it's all gone, so right now it's not worth anything.

01:52And I'm pretty sure some houses up here are worth even more.

01:55And just to see them go in a couple seconds is really sad.

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