With the largest of the multiple Los Angeles-area wildfires finally contained and residents of the devastated Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities able to return and sift through the ashes of their lost homes, the final cost of the Southern California blazes is still not known. From the Los Angeles Times to the BBC, news outlets estimate a crushing price tag surging as high as $275 billion.

In the flames’ aftermath, while President Donald Trump argues with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass about resident access and safety problems, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) spars with local and national media about his state’s failures to prepare for and fight the fires. The whirlwind of grief and anger howls as debates on when, how, and where to begin rebuilding the scorched neighborhoods start in earnest.