19 Devastating Photos Of The California Wildfires

Heavy smoke covers the Pacific Coast Highway as flames reach the coast during the Thomas wildfire near Ventura, California on December 6, 2017.

Vehicles pass beside a wall of flames on the 101 highway as it reaches the coast.

Resident looks around freshly burned property during the Creek Fire on December 5, 2017 in Sunland, California. Strong Santa Ana winds are rapidly pushing multiple wildfires across the region.

A resident holds a leaking hose on his burning property during the Creek Fire in Sunland, California.

A house burns during the Creek Fire in Sunland, California.

The ruins of a house smolder at night.

A helicopter makes a water drop over the Creek Fire in Los Angeles, California.

The fire burning.

Firefighters battle the Creek Fire as it burns near homes in the Shadow Hills area of Los Angeles, California.

Firefighter works to defend homes from the approaching wildfire.

A house engulfed in flames.

People view the Creek Fire burn on a hillside in the Shadow Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Local residents pass by a burning house during the Thomas wildfire in Ventura, California.

A firefighter sprays water at the remains of an apartment complex .

Firefighters monitor a fire to avoid it from spreading onto the next door home.

Amanda Leon and husband Johnny Leon watch as firefighters battle to save homes along Cobblestone Drive near Foothill Road and North Victoria Avenue.

Firefighters work to control the western side of Grant Park as brushfire engulf most of the hill.

Firefighters work in front of a home destroyed by the Thomas Fire.

A firefighter gets into position to battle the Creek Fire as a house is engulfed in flames near the intersection of Johanna Avenue and McBroom Street in Shadow Hills.