Watch: A tale of one street, two very different outcomes
Strong winds grounded firefighting planes during the initial crucial hours of the LA fires. In some cases, fire crews had no option but to let places burn.
On Wednesday night, our team on the ground witnessed this first hand.
One crew facing water shortages as pressure dropped could do nothing more than watch the fire overwhelm them and divert attention to the other side of the street. On that side, carefully using the small amount of water they had, they desperately tried to save those homes.
The BBC's John Sudworth returned to that street and sees that the two sides of the street are now polar opposites.
