14 Dramatic Photos Of California Wildfires This Week

CALIFORNIA — As wildfires continue to rage across the Golden State, skies across California are clouded with smoke and ash. As of Wednesday, Cal Fire said these blazes have now burned over 2.5 million acres of land this year alone.

Check out the most recent photos of the California wildfires below:

Smoke from the Creek Fire envelops trees in the Cascadel Woods community of Madera County, California.

Smoke from wildfires burning east of Los Angeles dims the sunrise as seen from Pasadena, California.

The Bobcat Fire was burning near Cogswell Reservoir in the San Gabriel Mountains, while the El Dorado Fire consumed thousands of acres of vegetation near the community of Yucaipa on the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains.

A firefighter battles flames from the Creek Fire as it threatens homes in the Cascadel Woods neighborhood of Madera County, California.

Firefighters battle the Creek Fire as it threatens homes in the Cascadel Woods neighborhood of Madera County, California.

Sunday, Sept. 6

Fresno County Sheriff's Deputy Jeffery Shipman (left) stands along California State Highway 168 as the Creek Fire burns near Shaver Lake, California.

A firefighter covers himself from flying embers while fighting the Creek Fire on Sunday in Big Creek, California.

Members of the Laguna Hotshots, out of the Cleveland National Forest, make a stand on a hilltop near a power station while fighting the Creek Fire in Big Creek, California.

A firefighter uses a hose to try to extinguish flames from a burning structure while fighting the Creek Fire in Big Creek, California.

Saturday, Sept. 5

Plumes of smoke rise into the sky as a wildfire burns on the hills near Shaver Lake, California. Fires in the Sierra National Forest prompted evacuation orders as authorities urged people seeking relief from the Labor Day weekend heat wave to stay away from the popular lake.

A helicopter prepares to drop water on a wildfire in Yucaipa, California. A couple’s plan to reveal their baby’s gender at a party went up in smoke Saturday at El Rancho Dorado Park in Yucaipa, when a pyrotechnical device they used sparked a wildfire that has burned thousands of acres.

A burned structure is seen at a wildfire in Yucaipa, California. A couple’s plan to reveal their baby’s gender at a party went up in smoke Saturday at El Rancho Dorado Park in Yucaipa, when a pyrotechnical device they used sparked a wildfire that has burned thousands of acres.

In Southern California, a fast-moving fire in the foothills of Yucaipa prompted evacuation orders for Oak Glen, a farm community that just opened its apple picking season to the public.

Cal Fire's San Bernardino unit said the fire had scorched at least 800 acres and was burning at a "moderate to dangerous" rate of spread.

A plume of smoke from the El Dorado fire is seen from the Interstate 10 in Loma Linda, California.

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