The Los Angeles wildfires, which have reduced entire neighborhoods to smoldering ruins and left an apocalyptic landscape, could become the costliest wildfires in U.S. history in terms of insured losses if analysts' estimates of up to $20 billion materialize.

Wildfires that have ravaged swaths of Los Angeles could result in losses of as much as $30 billion for the insurance industry as the blazes rage on almost a week after they ignited. The new estimates from Wells Fargo & Co.

The Oscar-winning actor was spotted speaking with police from his car outside his home in Brentwood, California, amid the LA wildfires.

Ben Affleck received a visit from the FBI at his home in Brentwood amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the FBI issued a statement on Monday (January 13) to share they were examining Affleck’s Los Angeles neighborhood during an investigation related to the ongoing Palisades fires.

A source said the FBI team visited Affleck’s home to see if the actor had CCTV footage of a private drone that damaged a “super scooper” firefighter aircraft.