In an Instagram Reel posted by CBS News on Wednesday, passengers aboard the incoming flight saw the out-of-control Palisades Fire blazing from their seat windows. In the short clip, the dull orange glow can be seen emanating from the hills surrounding the city, surrounded by plumes of smoke as the plane made its descent.

Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.