The fires forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes around Los Angeles and in suburbs throughout the region.
Downtown Santa Paula was darkened by a power outage as strong winds pushed the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres.
The fire continues to threaten homes as it burns along the 101 freeway.
101 remains open, but authorities are advising people to avoid driving there.
The burned remains of cars lined a country road near Santa Paula.
Embers blew from a tree shortly before it fell near burned cars in Santa Paula.
Despite the violence of these images, no fatalities from the fires had been reported as of 2pm PT on Wednesday.
The fires destroyed over 150 structures and are threatening thousands more homes as of Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency crews blocked roadways in Ventura on Wednesday.
Ventura was hit hard by the Thomas fire, the first and largest of the blazes. The remains of a home are seen here after it burned to the ground.
On Wednesday, Ventura resident Bree Laubacher sifted through rubble at her home.
Entire neighborhoods there were leveled.
In this dystopic image, smoke obscures the surroundings of a destroyed apartment complex in Ventura.
In the early morning on Tuesday, the Creek Fire broke out in the Kagel Canyon area in the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles.
A local man was seen praying on Wednesday morning near the Creek Fire in Sylmar.
Thousands of firefighters are working to contain the blazes.
But the fires showed no signs of stopping on Wednesday afternoon.
Dry, gusty Santa Ana winds continue to blow across the region.
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