Schools were closed across Ventura County in Southern California as a wildfire continued to burn Wednesday, threatening 12,000 structures. Dozens of homes have burned since the fire erupted Monday, 96 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles.
In Pictures: California Wildfires
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Local residents react as numerous homes burn on a hillside during a wind driven wildfire in Ventura, California, Dec. 5, 2017.
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Firefighters put out a wildfire burning in an orchard, Dec. 5, 2017, in Santa Paula. The city is about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
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A vehicle drives through the flying embers from heavy winds after an early-morning Creek Fire that broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, in Sylmar, Dec. 5, 2017.
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Smoke rises behind a leveled apartment complex as a wildfire burns in Ventura, Dec. 5, 2017.