These Photos Show Just How Terrifying The Fires Are In California

Residents across Southern California evacuated as multiple fast-moving brush fires closed in.

By
Kate Bubacz
by Kate Bubacz

BuzzFeed News Senior Photo Editor

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

A home is destroyed in Ventura, California, on Dec. 5.

Jae C. Hong / AP

A wildfire burns along the oceanside 101 Freeway in Ventura.

Noah Berger / AP

Flames advance down a hillside near the Springs of Life Church in Casitas Springs.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

John Bain and Brandon Baker take cover from the embers as they try to help stop a fire from burning a stranger's home in Ventura, California.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

A family packs up and evacuates as a brushfire gets closer to their home in Ventura, California.

Jae C. Hong / AP

Thick smoke blankets homes along the beach in Ventura.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

Remnants of a burned-down home as a brush fire continues to threaten other homes.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

The Hawaiian Gardens apartment complex burns as brush fires move quickly with the Santa Ana winds.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

A brush fire moving with the wind scatters embers in a residential neighborhood in Ventura.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

Burning palm trees in Ventura.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

A mansion burns in Ventura.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

A home in Ventura.

Marcus Yam / LA Times via Getty Images

Remnants of a burned-down home.

Mike Blake / Reuters

A real estate sign next to the remains of a destroyed home.

Mike Blake / Reuters

The remains of incinerated homes.

Noah Berger / AP

Paul Mattesich hands a jar to his wife, Erica Mattesich, while sifting through rubble at his family's Ventura home.


Skip to footer