Wildfires continue to burn in Southern California, including in Bel-Air and Ventura County.
Dec. 6,2017
The Thomas fire, which has ravaged Ventura County, continued to burn out of control Wednesday, reaching the Pacific Ocean unchecked as officials warned that many more homes have been lost.
The fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire continued to rage through the city of Ventura on Tuesday evening, jumping Highway 33 and burning through oil fields before crossing the 101 Freeway into Solimar Beach, authorities said.
On Wednesday, fire officials said their focus was going to be to prevent the fire from moving into the Ojai Valley.
More than 350 firefighters, 52 engines and six fixed-wing aircraft were battling the Skirball fire in Bel-Air from the north, west and east. Weather forecasters predicted relatively cool temperatures, in the 50s and 60s, on Wednesday but with continued low humidity and winds above 25 mph.
Ash and smoke swirled in the sky as firefighters battled to save at least one home engulfed in the blaze, atop a hill adjacent to the northbound 405 near Getty Center Drive.
A helicopter drops water on a portion of the Skirball fire that threatened several homes along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.
Firefighters work to save a home along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air, where the Skirball fire prompted a full closure of the 405 Freeway.
Firefighters work to save a home along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.
Thick black smoke billows along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.
Burned cars smolder in a lot on Wentworth Street in Sunland-Tujunga following the Creek fire.
Virginia Padilla, left, who lost 29 horses at her ranch in the Creek fire, is comforted by friend Shelby Hope.
A water tender wets smoldering remnants of tires along Wentworth Street in Sunland-Tujunga in the aftermath of the Creek fire.
Smoke from the Creek fire hangs in the air above the San Fernando Valley in a view from Highway 14.
