These Surreal Photos Demonstrate The Severity Of CA's Wildfires

Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heat wave continues.

See new photos of California wildfires during the month of August below:

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Burned vehicles rest beneath a tree after the LNU Lightning Complex fires tore through Vacaville, California.

Bill Nichols, 84, works to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Vacaville, California.

Nichols has lived in the home for 77 years.

Thousands of people were under orders to evacuate in regions surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday as nearly 40 wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week. Smoke blanketed the city of San Francisco.

The San Francisco skyline is barely visible through smoke from wildfires in this view from Sausalito, California.

A rower goes past Angel Island and the sun rising behind in smoke from wildfires in Sausalito, California.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Seen in a long exposure photograph, embers burn along a hillside as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through unincorporated Napa County, California.

Another view shows the terrifying embers burning along a hillside above Lake Berryessa as the LNU Lightning Complex fires rip across Napa County, California.

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Numerous lightning strikes early Sunday sparked brush fires throughout the region.

Lightning forks over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as a storm passes over Oakland, California.

Smoke from a wildfire, one of several that comprise the Deer Zone fires, billows over unincorporated Contra Costa County, California.

An air tanker drops retardant while battling one of several wildfires comprising the Deer Zone fires a unincorporated Contra Costa County, California.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

This photo provided by Ryan M Peel shows the Loyalton fires in Loyalton, California.

A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday and stoked a huge forest fire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes north of Los Angeles.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

The Ranch Fire burns over a residential area in Azusa, California. Heat wave conditions were making difficult work for fire crews battling brush fires and wildfires across Southern California.

Cyclists rest along a trail as the Ranch Fire burns in Azusa, California.

A helicopter prepares to drop water on the Lake Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest north of Santa Clarita, California.

A burned vehicle is seen at a home destroyed by the Lake Hughes fire in Angeles National Forest north of Santa Clarita, California.

More burned vehicles are seen in the Lake Hughes fire in Angeles National Forest, north of Santa Clarita, California.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A firefighter works against the Lake Hughes Fire in Angeles National Forest north of Santa Clarita, California.

Firefighters are struggling to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles as forecasters warn that the risk of new fires was high with temperatures expected to spike and humidity levels to drop across California.

Early August, 2020

A firefighter watches the Apple Fire in Banning, California, Sunday, August 2, 2020.

The Apple Fire burns behind mountains near Beaumont, California, Sunday, August 2, 2020.

Firefighters watch the Apple Fire in Banning, California, Sunday, August 2, 2020.

Hand crews line up to work on the remaining hot spots from a brush fire at the Apple Fire in Cherry Valley, California, Saturday, August 1, 2020.

An area sits scorched by a brush fire at the Apple Fire in Cherry Valley, California, Saturday, August 1, 2020.

AP News is a contributor to this post.

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