This image shows the development of the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area, provided by Korean space startup TelePIX, Jan. 16. Yonhap

Korean space startup TelePIX said Thursday it has conducted a satellite imagery analysis of wildfires that have devastated a vast area around Los Angeles, with the outcome of its analysis set to be provided to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

The analysis suggests the LA wildfires incurred damage on 102.4 square kilometers of land, which is some 35 times the size of Seoul's massive financial district Yeouido, in just five days since they broke out on Jan. 7, according to TelePIX.

The devastated area is equivalent to the combined area of over 12,000 soccer fields.

TelePIX made the assessment using its generative artificial intelligence service designed for satellite imagery applications, along with data from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite, according to company officials.

The Korean startup will share its analysis with the UNDRR to help its response to the wildfires that have yet to be extinguished.

According to TelePIX, data suggests the fire may have initially broken out around Skull Rock inside LA's Topanga State Park.

Following the initial ignition, the fire seems to have first spread southwest and then southeast because of the wind. (Yonhap)