It’s been a week since wildfires started sweeping through Los Angeles, California, destroying swathes of the city and reducing communities, homes and schools to little more than rubble and ash. The inferno has now ravaged an area larger than Manhattan. Some fires have been extinguished but many are still burning, and with warnings in place for high winds, LA’s exhausted firefighters and residents have more difficult days ahead.

Jonny Dymond speaks with BBC freelance reporter Lucy Sheriff about her experience of evacuating and losing her house and community, all while six months pregnant. They also discuss what rebuilding Los Angeles might look like.

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Producers: Alice Aylett Roberts, Peter Goffin, Eleanor Sly and Richard Moran

Sound engineers: Ben Andrews and Jonny Baker

Assistant editor: Sergi Forcada Freixas

Senior news editor: China Collins