The Weather Channel confirms it did not share footage of human remains following the LA wildfires

The Weather Channel has confirmed it did not share footage of human remains in the wake of the LA bushfires after viewers claimed to have seen a body.

TV viewers said debris seen on screen looked like a dead person, but The Weather Channel has since told DailyMail.com it was rubble from a destroyed house.

A spokesman said: ‘These claims on social media are inaccurate and completely false.

‘We have 100% confirmed that the video shows debris from the aftermath of a house fire and nothing else.’

On Wednesday, several social media users claimed to have seen a body in the wake of fires in Los Angeles.

Allen Media Group, which owns The Weather Channel, later sent photos of the discovery from a different angle, clearly showing debris.

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.