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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Flames consume a home on Via Arroyo as a wildfire rages in Ventura, Dec. 5, 2017.
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A local man prays during 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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Embers spread across a roadway from a Santa Ana wind-driven brush fire called the Thomas Fire in Santa Paula, Dec. 4, 2017.