As smoke pours from the intense wildfires currently scorching Los Angeles, air quality has plummeted across the city due to particulate pollution.

Satellite images of the disaster, released by Maxar Technologies, show the extent of the damage that the fires have caused in the California.

Satellite imagery shows houses burned down, roads closed, and the fires spreading across Los Angeles.

Images provided to Newsweek by Planet Labs reveal the breadth of the Southern California wildfires as they intensified on Wednesday.

As tens of thousands of people across the Los Angeles area wait to find out if their homes and businesses are still standing, this new, stunning video takes you inside decimated neighborhoods, and you’ll learn why the wildfire danger is not over.