Fires whipped by strong winds were raging through thousands of acres of forests and chaparral in both Northern and Southern California on Monday, having already wiped out a town in the Sierra Nevada and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents west of Los Angeles.
Open this photo in gallery: An air tanker drops water on a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, California. Ringo H.W. Chiu/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Alameda County Sheriff Coroner officers search for human remains after the Camp fire tore through the region in Paradise, California. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, California. Ringo H.W. Chiu/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Chris and Nancy Brown embrace while looking over the remains of their burned residence after the Camp fire tore through the region in Paradise, California. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Fire crews clear rubble from the road near a building burned in the Camp Fire, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Paradise, California. John Locher/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: An air tanker drops water on a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, California. Ringo H.W. Chiu/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: A woman evacuates as firefighters battle the Peak fire in Simi Valley, California. ERIC THAYER/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: A home stands alone, at left, among the devastation left behind by a wildfire Monday in Malibu, California. Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: A welcome sign remains near a burned burned home after the Camp fire tore through the region in Paradise, California. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: A wildfire-ravaged property in Malibu, California. Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Firefighters battle a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, California. Ringo H.W. Chiu/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: A home destroyed by the Woolsey Fire is seen in Thousand Oaks, California. ERIC THAYER/Reuters
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Open this photo in gallery: A utility meter with melted panels stands at Ridgewood Mobile Home Park in the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. JIM WILSON/The New York Times News Service
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Open this photo in gallery: A member of the Sacramento County Coroner's office looks for human remains in the rubble of a house burned at the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. John Locher/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: An Alameda County Sheriff Coroner officer looks for human remains at a burned residence in Paradise, California . JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Alameda County Sheriff Coroner officers search for human remains at a burned residence in Paradise, California. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: Rubble remains where mobile homes once stood at the Camp Fire, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Paradise, California. John Locher/The Associated Press
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Open this photo in gallery: Burned cars litter a road during the Camp fire in Paradise, California. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
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Open this photo in gallery: A welcome sign stands in front of a residence destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. Noah Berger/The Associated Press
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