'Apocalyptic': Ghastly Remains Of Malibu Come Into Focus

Multi-million dollar mansions in Malibu have vanished entirely, seemingly swept into the Pacific ocean by the force of the Palisades Fire (Credit: AFP)

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.

But draw closer to Pacific Palisades, the ground zero of Los Angeles's devastating fires, and those small scorched ruins become sporadic clusters, and then endless rows of charred, crumpled homes.