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How Wildfires Devastated California: The Photos

Kelly Sherin

December 12, 2017 at 1:10 PM

<p>Six fires have consumed over a million acres of land across the state.</p>

<p>Flames advance on homes in Carpinteria, which is just south of Santa Barbara, California, on December 10.</p>

<p>The Thomas fire burns on December in Los Padres National Forest near Ojai, California. </p>

<p>Firefighters try to prevent a wildfire from jumping Santa Ana Road near Ventura, California, on December 9.</p>

<p>Santa Barbara County Fire Department firefighters knock down flames as they advance on homes in Carpinteria, California, on December 10.</p>

<p>The Thomas Fire advances toward Santa Barbara County seaside communities on December 10.</p>

<p>The Thomas fire burns on December 9 in Los Padres National Forest.</p>

<p>Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway on December 7 north of Ventura, California.</p>

<p>A fire tornado churns near an overpass above the 101 freeway on December 6 in Ventura, California.</p>

<p>The bedroom of a home is engulfed in flames from the Skirball fire along on December 6 in Bel-Air, California.</p>

<p>The Lilac Fire consumes a house on December 8 near Bonsall, California. </p>

<p>A firefighter tries to save a home from the Skirball fire on December 6 in Bel-Air, California.</p>

<p>A vehicles passes the Thomas wildfire as it marches toward the 101 highway and the ocean near Ventura, California, on December 6.</p>

<p>A firefighter battles the Thomas Fire along Highway 33 in Casita Springs, California, on December 5. </p>

<p>The Lilac Fire simmers in the early morning hours of December 8 near Bonsall, California.</p>

<p>A helicopter drops water over a house on a hilltop in Bel Air, California, on December 6.</p>

<p>The Thomas Fire burns a hillside south of Casitas Springs, California, on December 6.</p>

<p>A firefighter controls flames burning in a home at the Skirball Fire in Bel- Air, California, on December 6.</p>

<p>A helicopter makes a water drop on the Thomas Fire on December 7 near Fillmore, California.</p>

<p>Smoke and flames consume a helicopter hovering above the Thomas Fire on December 7 near Fillmore, California.</p>

<p>Heavy smoke covers the seaside enclave of Mondos Beach, California, beside the 101 highway as flames reach the coast during the Thomas wildfire on December 6.</p>

<p>The Thomas Fire burns on December 7 in Ventura, California.</p>

<p>A helicopter drops water over the Lilac Fire on December 8 near Bonsall, California.</p>

<p>Horses are loaded onto a trailer on December 8 near Bonsall, California.</p>

<p>The burnt-out Vista del Mar Hospital after the Thomas wildfire swept through Ventura, California, on December 6.</p>

<p>A family walks through the streets of Ventura, California, on December 6. </p>

<p>Members of the Reinhardt family sort through the remains of their family home in Ventura, California, on December 6.</p>

Six fires have consumed over a million acres of land across the state.

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