THE full extent of the Los Angeles fires has been laid bare for Scots as a map shows the blazes superimposed over Edinburgh.
The fires in LA began on 7 January and have been raging ever since, with the affected areas being hastily evacuated.
A total of 30 fires blazed across LA as homes and lives were lost and firefighters battled furiously to keep them under control.
Happening over 5,000 miles away from the Scots capital, the fires in LA seem a world away for those in Auld Reekie.
One local became curious however and superimposed just one of the 30 fires over Edinburgh.
The impact is staggering, with almost the whole city hypothetically engulfed in the flames of the Eaton Fire in the Altadena area of LA County.
The biggest blazes still raging in LA are the Eaton and Palisades fires with Eaton being the smaller of the two.
Another local superimposed the larger Palisades fire over Edinburgh, this result being even more terrifying with the whole city easily engulfed by the flames.
The images, shared on social media yesterday, gathered huge amounts of attention from locals.
The post was captioned: “The extent of LA’s Eaton Fire superimposed on Edinburgh.
“Seeing pictures of the fires spreading over those Californian hillsides and neighbourhoods, I wondered how big the areas are relative to a landscape I know better.
“A quick bit of superimposition gives us.”
It received well over 175 likes and more than 40 comments from locals and social media users.
One wrote: “Did you have to position it so my house is caught just on the edge there? That feels personal.”
Another replied: “Phew, at least Porty’s safe. Shame about Arthur’s Seat, though.”
A third said: “I’m not going to complain about living somewhere with soggy weather anymore. Those fires horrify me.”
Another commented: “Really gives you an idea of the immensity, even though of course the two areas have different population density.
“Thank you. I really hope this will open the eyes/minds of some climate change deniers. But I doubt it.”
A fifth added: “Fortunately, although thousands of homes have been lost, at least the majority of the burn areas of these fires are in uninhabited mountain space.
“But I love these comparisons to cities. It really helps understand the scale.”
