These Photos Show Just How Terrifying The Fires Are In California

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

A wildfire burns along the oceanside 101 Freeway in Ventura.

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

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.

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

Thick smoke blankets homes along the beach in Ventura.

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

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

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

Burning palm trees in Ventura.

A mansion burns in Ventura.

A home in Ventura.

Remnants of a burned-down home.

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

The remains of incinerated homes.

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