The Weather Channel horrifies viewers by airing a gruesome sight amid fire debris

Horrified Weather Channel viewers have claimed to have seen a charred body in a home destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires.

On Wednesday, several social media users shared clips of the moment they believed showed human remains amid the bushfire devastation.

An X user wrote: ‘Weather Channel shows the remains of a person who lost their life in the Palisades fire. Scary.’

Another said: ‘Um, what’s this? Looks like the weather channel didn’t realize what it was broadcasting? If it is what we think it is, it is so sad.’

A third asked: ‘Did it just show a charred skeleton in the rubble from the Los Angeles fires without realizing it?’

It is not clear whether the footage actually shows any human remains. DailyMail.com has blurred images of the footage in case the debris turns out to be a body.

DailyMail.com has reached out to Allen Media Group, which owns the Weather Channel, for comment on this story.

Firefighters began making progress battling the deadly and devastating blazes in the Los Angeles area early Thursday, especially as the fierce winds that have fueled the fast-moving flames are expected to slow.

On Wednesday, hurricane-force winds blew embers and ignited block after block in the coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades and in Altadena, a community near Pasadena. Aircraft were grounded for a period due to the wind, hampering firefighting efforts.

Nearly 2,000 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed in those flames — called the Palisades and Eaton fires — and the number is expected to rise. The five deaths recorded so far were from the Eaton fire near Pasadena.

More than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders and the fires have consumed about 45 square kilometers – about the size of the city of San Francisco.

The Palisades fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

In Pasadena, Fire Chief Chad Augustin said the city’s water system was stretched and was further hampered by power outages, but even without those problems, firefighters would not have been able to stop the fire because of the intense winds.

“These erratic gusts threw embers for miles ahead of the fire,” he said.

Still, questions were raised about why some hydrants ran dry and what caused the water system to strain when it was most needed.

The dramatic level of destruction was evident in a comparison of satellite images before and after the fire.

About 250 homes in Altadena, which had been dotted with green, verdant trees, were reduced to rubble. Only a few homes were left, some still in flames according to images from Maxar Technologies. Only a handful of 70 wall-to-wall houses that overhang the Pacific Ocean in Malibu appeared intact.

A perfect storm of overgrown vegetation, dry conditions and uncharacteristic winds are responsible for whipping up the most destructive wildfire Los Angeles has ever seen.

Officials believe the fire started as a small spark as part of an accidental backyard fire.

But tinderbox conditions meant it was only a matter of hours before the blaze ballooned out of control.

Firefighters from several states have now been called in to help battle the flames, which show no sign of abating.

The devastation from the wildfires in Los Angeles has already cost the city up to $57 billion, according to Accuweather.

Many of the razed homes were located in Pacific Palisades, a celebrity enclave where the average price of a home is $3.4 million.