Some of the strongest Santa Ana winds recorded in years have been pushing several sudden and destructive wildfires across the hills and towns north of Los Angeles, burning thousands of acres and hundreds of structures and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes over the past two days. Hundreds of firefighters are stretched across suburbs and foothills tonight, trying to contain fires that are racing westward, pushed by the fiercely blowing winds. Photographers across the region have been taking some remarkable images while covering these wildfires.
Ferocious Wind-Driven Wildfires Burn Across Southern California
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Embers blow from a tree shortly before it fell down near burned cars as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. #
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A horse which was left behind after the early-morning Creek Fire broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, photographed in Sylmar, California, on December 5, 2017. #
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Flames consume a house and vehicles as a wildfire rages in Ventura, California, on December 5, 2017. See this intersection on Google Street View. #
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Firefighters battle to save one of many homes burning in the early-morning Creek Fire that broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley on December 5, 2017. #
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A firefighting helicopter passes in front of the smoke-covered sun while fighting the Creek Fire in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles on December 5, 2017. #
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