Cork man among thousands forced to evacuate homes in Los Angeles

Owen Dara and his partner Jessica Lancaster were left with no choice but to leave their Pasadena home on Tuesday night

Pictures taken on Tuesday night as the wildfire made its way through Pasadena Picture: Owen Dara

A Corkman was among thousands of US residents forced to evacuate their homes amid the ongoing wildfires ravaging the city.

Firefighters in the US were continuing to try and control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.