In Pictures: California Wildfires

Flames from a wildfire leap above traffic on Highway 101 north of Ventura, California, Dec. 6, 2017.

Rubble and burned vehicles line properties scorched by a wildfire, Dec. 6, 2017, in Ventura.

A firefighter battles a wildfire as it burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California,  Dec. 5, 2017.

Paul Mattesich hands a jar to his wife Erica Mattesich while sifting through rubble at his family's home in Ventura following a wildfire, Dec. 6, 2017.

Local residents react as numerous homes burn on a hillside during a wind driven wildfire in Ventura, California, Dec. 5, 2017.

Firefighters put out a wildfire burning in an orchard, Dec. 5, 2017, in Santa Paula. The city is about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

A vehicle drives through the flying embers from heavy winds after an early-morning Creek Fire that broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, in Sylmar, Dec. 5, 2017.

Smoke rises behind a leveled apartment complex as a wildfire burns in Ventura, Dec. 5, 2017.

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, Dec. 5, 2017.

A fire truck heads to another call as a house burns during a wind driven wildfire in Ventura, Dec. 5, 2017.

Flames and smoke shroud State Route 33 as a wildfire burns in Ventura, California, Dec. 5, 2017.

A man watches flames consume a residence as a wildfire rages in Ventura, Dec. 5, 2017.

Flames consume a home on Via Arroyo as a wildfire rages in Ventura, Dec. 5, 2017.

A local man prays during an early-morning Creek Fire that broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, in Sylmar, Dec. 5, 2017.

Embers spread across a roadway from a Santa Ana wind-driven brush fire called the Thomas Fire in Santa Paula, Dec. 4, 2017.