Even as firefighters continue to battle the devastating Camp Fire in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Sacramento, several other large wildfires are roaring through tinder-dry sections of California, including the Woolsey Fire, near Malibu. The Woolsey Fire and the nearby Hill Fire have forced the evacuation of nearly 250,000 residents from their homes near the Pacific Coast in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. At least two deaths have been blamed on the fires, which have burned across more than 80,000 acres, destroying more than 150 homes in the past few days.
Photos: The Woolsey Fire Leaves Devastation in Malibu, California
- Alan Taylor
- November 11, 2018
- 35 Photos
- In Focus
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The Woolsey Fire burns in Malibu, California, on November 9, 2018. #
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Wind-driven flames move across Malibu Creek State Park during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018. #
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A massive smoke plume, powered by strong winds, rises above the the Woolsey Fire in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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Burning embers fly in the strong winds driving the Woolsey Fire through Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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Horses are spooked as the Woolsey Fire burns through property on Cornell Road, near Paramount Ranch, in Agoura Hills, California, on November 9, 2018. #
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A helicopter makes a water drop as the Woolsey Fire burns in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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The Woolsey Fire approaches homes in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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A palm tree is engulfed in flames during the Woolsey Fire, which reached the coastline of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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People lead horses and ponies down Pacific Coast Highway to an evacuation area at Zuma Beach in the Point Dume area of Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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Flames approach a house during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018. #
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Embers are blown by gusty winds in the Woolsey Fire near Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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Flames approach a house with a loud roaring sound during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018, in Malibu. #
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Dark smoke emerges from a burning garage as a house burns in the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018, near Malibu. #
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Law-enforcement officers search an apartment building as the Woolsey Fire burns in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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The Woolsey Fire burns a home near Malibou Lake on November 9, 2018. #
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The Woolsey Fire burns a home in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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A resident pours a bucket of water to put out flames caused by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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Tim Biglow tries to save patio furniture from the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018. #
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Wind-driven flames race up a slope and cross the road in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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A burned vehicle is seen on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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A house burns during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018, in Malibu. #
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Embers fall from burning palms and the sun is obscured by smoke as flames from the Woolsey Fire close in on a house on November 9, 2018, in Malibu. #
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People watch from the beach as heavy smoke rises over the Santa Monica Mountains during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018. #
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The Woolsey Fire reaches the ocean along the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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A seagull flies over the Pacific Ocean during the afternoon as smoke from the Woolsey Fire turns the sky over the water dark on November 9, 2018, in Malibu. #
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A local resident speaks with firefighters stationed along the Pacific Coast Highway to battle the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018. #
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Horses, brought by their owners to escape the Woolsey Fire, are tied up at lifeguard stations on Zuma Beach on November 10, 2018, before being transported to a facility outside the fire zone. #
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A wildfire burns boats on Malibou Lake on November 9, 2018. #
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Melted recycling and trash containers sit beside one of at least 20 homes destroyed on Wandermere Road in the Point Dume area of Malibu on November 10, 2018. #
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The charred remains of a burned-out home, photographed in Malibu, California, on November 10, 2018 #
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A man taking photographs of the fire looks back in Malibu Creek State Park during the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018. #
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The Woolsey Fire approaches homes on November 9, 2018, in Malibu. #
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Roger Bloxberg (right) and his wife, Anne, hug as they watch a wildfire on a hilltop near their home in West Hills, California, on November 9, 2018. #
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A firefighter sprays down palm trees as the Woolsey Fire burns in Malibu on November 9, 2018. #
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Fires burn near the Pacific Ocean, as seen over Santa Monica, California, on November 9, 2018. #
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