The destruction caused by the Los Angeles wildfires is the worst the city has seen in recent history.

The wildfires that broke out on January 7 have torched the second largest city in the US, killing at least 10 people and destroying over 10,000 buildings. Approximately 150,000 Los Angeles County residents remain under evacuation orders.

Although the region is no stranger to rapidly spreading wildfires, the multiple blazes covering much of the metropolis are considered one of the worst wildfire events in Southern California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). In just three days they burned about twice the size of Manhattan.

Even on their own, the fires are of gigantic proportions.

• Palisades, the first and largest fire, is spreading west of Los Angeles. The fire covered 20,438 acres and was only 8% contained as of Friday morning. Officials say initial estimates have destroyed at least 5,300 structures between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, making it the most destructive wildfire in California to date.

• The Eaton Fire, burning in the Pasadena and Altadena areas of the northeast, has burned nearly 14,000 acres and is only 3% contained. So far, 4,000 structures have been destroyed, making it the fourth most destructive wildfire in California history.

• Other fires currently burning in Los Angeles include Kenneth, Hurst and Lidia. Kenneth, a wildfire that broke out in the Woodlands Hills area on Thursday, burned 1,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. It was 35% contained as of Friday morning. Meanwhile, the Hurst Fire, burning at 771 acres in Los Angeles’ northernmost suburb, was 37% contained as of Friday morning. Over in the Antelope Valley, the Lidia Fire was burning at 395 acres and was 75% contained as of Friday morning.

California has experienced several massive and deadly wildfires in recent years as the climate crisis makes fires more frequent, more intense and less predictable. The worst wildfire in California history is the Camp Fire that leveled the town of Paradise in November 2018. 85 people died in the inferno and more than 18,000 buildings were destroyed.

The year before, the Tubbs fire raged in Napa and Sonoma counties, destroying 5,600 structures and burning about 36,810 acres, costing the state $11.1 billion in damages.

Preliminary estimates of the economic damage caused by the Los Angeles wildfires range from $52 billion to $57 billion, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. In comparison, Hurricane Katrina, the tropical cyclone that hit the southeastern United States in 2005, is considered the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, causing over $158 billion in damages.

As wildfires continue to burn, many insurers are considering whether to raise premiums even further across the state.

Douglas Heller, insurance director at the Consumer Federation of America, told the Guardian: “We have been paying premiums for the last few years to prepare insurance companies for a catastrophe like this.” Whatever they say, they have the means to cover the claims “Now we have to make sure that there is no second financial tragedy after the physical catastrophe.”

On Thursday, Joe Biden announced that the federal government would cover 100% of fire protection costs for 180 days. “This will pay for things like debris and heavy material removal, emergency shelter, first responders, salaries and any necessary measures to protect life and property,” Biden said, adding that he had directed California Gov. Gavin Newsom and local officials , “ “Spare no expense in doing what you have to do” to fight the fires.