Images and videos purporting to show the historic Hollywood sign engulfed in flames are spreading across X and other social media platforms as wildfires rage through Los Angeles, California. But the visuals are fakes,

An expert on generative AI says the image is a fabrication. The chair of the group that maintains the sign says it was not affected by the fires.

Several fake images of the Hollywood Sign burning have appeared on social as some users suggest the iconic sign is "surrounded by fire."

A wildfire broke out in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7 and since grew to nearly 3,000 acres.

A pause in the fierce winds that super-charged the ring of wildfires that devastated Los Angeles this week helped crews make progress in bringing the infernos under control on Friday but strong gusts could return over the weekend,

At least five people have been killed and thousands of structures have burned in wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area