A firefighter battles the Thomas Fire in the town of La Conchita early Thursday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) LA Times via Getty Images

California wildfires: Stunning photos show devastation caused by the blazes

By Liz Sullivan

December 8, 2017

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In southern California several massive wildfires have been burning for days, destroying hundreds of buildings. This fall the state has been devastated by a series of massive blazes.

A resident cries as the Thomas Fire approaches the town of La Conchita early Thursday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

A firefighter battles the Thomas Fire in the town of La Conchita early Thursday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

The Thomas Fire burns along the Northbound 101 freeway on December 6, 2017 in Ventura, California. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

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A helicopter makes a nighttime water drop over a burning ranch in the Lilac Fire in the early morning hours of December 8, 2017 near Bonsall, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

A resident tries to battle a shrub fire as the Thomas Fire burns in the town of La Conchita early Thursday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

A resident walks in the remains of an apartment complex destroyed by the Thomas Fire in a residential neighborhood on December 5, 2017 in Ventura, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Residents react as the Thomas Fire burns in the hills above La Conchita early Thursday morning. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

Residences burned by wildfires is seen in this aerial photograph taken above Santa Rosa, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

An Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. outlet burned by wildfires stands in Santa Rosa, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Carolyn Potter tries to save her house as she throws dirt on her fence along Nye Road Thomas Fire in Casita Springs in Ventura County Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

Wine drips from a vat at the Paradise Ridge Vineyards and Winery burned by wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Firefighters walk to the fire line at the Lilac fire in Bonsall, California on December 7, 2017. (Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images)

Charred oranges hang from a burnt tree during the Skirball Fire in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The Thomas Fire burns along a hillside near Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. More than a thousand firefighters were struggling to contain a wind-whipped brush fire in southern California on December 5 that has left at least one person dead, sent thousands fleeing, and was choking the area with thick black smoke. (Kyle Grillot/AFP/Getty Images) — The Thomas Fire burns along a hillside near Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. (Kyle Grillot/AFP/Getty Images)

Horses that survived the Lilac Fire in their stalls are loaded onto a trailer in the early morning hours of December 8, 2017 near Bonsall, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

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