One MP said masking NRIC numbers was a “middle-ground approach”, and the minister acknowledged that individuals would be comforted “psychologically” if their full NRIC numbers were not known.

Witnesses describe homes being "completely levelled" by the spreading blaze, as strong winds fan the flames towards the city.

By Tuesday evening, a second fire had broken out miles away from the Palisades fire, in Altadena, California, prompting ...