Riviera was evacuated but has not been damaged by the Palisades fire, which has burned more than 5,000 structures and 20,000 acres as of Friday morning.

Ten people have died and more than 9,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed.

The aircraft was damaged, but landed safely and the incident will be investigated, officials said.

But that number is likely to climb considerably as investigators search the rubble of thousands of damaged or destroyed homes.

They found that the roof was badly damaged, and deputy head Nick Wade was shocked when he was able to see "cracks throughout it" up close.