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CA Wildfires: Heartbreaking Photos Show Ravaged Paradise, Malibu
See new photos of California's most destructive wildfires to date, as the death toll rises and residents lose everything.
Camp Fire, which started last Thursday, Nov. 08, has grown and destroyed more than 6,500 buildings in Northern California. Almost all of these ravaged structures are residential homes, making it "California's most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began," according to the Associated Press.
While crews and officials have made successful leaps over the weekend to keep the fire contained, the aftermath of areas already affected is grave. Displaced families, totaled homes and charred rubble now embodies the landscape from Malibu through Thousand Oaks and over to Paradise.
We rounded up photos showing the latest devastation from Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire below:
Sunday, Nov. 11
Smoke billows from the Camp Fire as a firefighting helicopter flies near Pulga, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A helicopter drops water while battling the Camp Fire burning near Pulga, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A vehicle drives through smoke from a wildfire near Pulga, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
As the Camp Fire burns nearby, a scorched car rests by gas pumps near Pulga, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A scorched gas pump rests on its cradle after being ravaged by Camp Fire near Pulga, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Members of a hand crew rest on a hillside in West Hills, CA. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
A firefighter sprays water on the remaining hot spots in an area in West Hills, CA. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Donna Phillips shows a charred Route 66 sign she found among the possessions of her friend Marsha Maus after wildfires tore through the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park in Agoura Hills, CA. Maus has been a resident of the neighborhood for 15 years. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Donna Phillips, left, finds an intact street sign amongst the charred possessions of her friend Marsha Maus, right, after wildfires tore through the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park in Agoura Hills, CA. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Deputy Coroner Justin Sponhaltz, right, of the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, carries a bag with human remains found at a burned out home at the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Anthropology students observe as human remains are recovered from a burned out home at the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A firefighter rests after helping to find human remains found at a burned out home at the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Deputy Coroner Justin Sponhaltz, of the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, recovers human remains found at a home destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Jimmy Clements, who stayed at his home as the Camp Fire raged through Paradise, CA., leans against his fence. Clements, whose home stands among destroyed residences, said he built an FM radio out of a potato and wire to keep up with news about the fire. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A bag containing human remains lies on the ground as officials continue to search at a burned out home at the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Sgt. Nathan Lyberger of the Yuba County Sheriff Department, prepares a bag to move human remains found at a burned out home at the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
An American flag is draped over the charred remains of an old pickup truck entering Point Dume along the pacific coast highway in Malibu, CA. Strong Santa Ana winds have returned to Southern California, fanning a huge wildfire that has scorched a string of communities west of Los Angeles. A one-day lull in the dry, northeasterly winds ended Sunday morning and authorities warn that the gusts will continue through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
California Highway Patrol block off the Pacific Coast Highway in front of Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Malibu residents Rocky and Henry who only give their first name walk to a friend's house to help clear brush and help with fire relief along the pacific coast highway in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Burned trees surround a destroyed home leaving only the fireplace in Point Dume in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Ricky Alvarado looks over the charred remains of his home at the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park after the neighborhood was devastated by wildfires in Agoura Hills, CA. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A burned out hot tub and a fireplace is all that remains of a house in Point Dume, Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky recover a safe deposit box from their destroyed home at Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park following devastating wildfires in the area in Agoura Hills, CA. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A firefighting DC-10 makes a fire retardant drop over a wildfire in the mountains near Malibu Canyon Road in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)Donna Phillips, left, finds an intact street sign amongst the charred possessions of her friend Marsha Maus, right, after wildfires tore through the Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park in Agoura Hills, CA. Maus has been a resident of the neighborhood for 15 years. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Thick smoke envelops the Malibu Colony along the Pacific coast in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Saturday, Nov. 10
Cathy Fallon sits near her dog Shiloh, a 2-year-old golden retriever, whose face was burned in the fire in Paradise, Calif. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Shiloh needs veterinarian treatment. But she can't leave her property because authorities won't allow her to return to Paradise, since the entire town is still under an evacuation order. Fallon and Shiloh are spending nights in this horse trailer because the family home burned. (AP Photo/Paul Elias)
A deer walks past a destroyed home on Orrin Lane after the wildfire burned through Paradise, CA. Not much is left in Paradise after a ferocious wildfire roared through the Northern California town as residents fled and entire neighborhoods are leveled. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighters plan their operations while battling the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Leveled residences line a mobile home park on Edgewood Lane after the Camp Fire burned through Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A burned pick-up truck rests on Pearson Rd. after the wildfire burned through Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Krystin Harvey, left, comforts her daughter Araya Cipollini at the remains of their home burned in the Camp Fire. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Courtenay Jenvey inspects the remains of his neighbor's home Saturday in Paradise, CA. Jenvey was able to save his house during the fire. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A vehicle burns near the home of Krystin Harvey, right, in Paradise, CA. Harvey lost her home in the Camp Fire. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A home is spared after a wildfire swept through in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Firefighter Eric Santana, with the MRCA Fire Divison Santa Monica Mountains, looks for hot spots after a wildfire swept through in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The charred remains of the burned out home are seen in Malibu, CA. Officials took advantage of temporarily calm conditions Saturday to assess damage from the blaze that's burned 109 square miles outside downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Kevin Brown, with the Los Angeles Fire Dept., hoses down hot spots on a wildfire ravaged home in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Lion statues guard the entrance of a wildfire ravaged home in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
A chimney remains from a home burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Residents Damon Webb, left, and Brendon O'Neal clean up the road after the Woolsey fire burned in Malibu, CA. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden Jake Olsen tells his wife her wedding ring was found in the ashes of their home they share with their four children in Paradise, CA. His colleague helped him sift through the rubble Saturday and found his wife's wedding ring. A few minutes later, she called to check in and he tearfully told her the good news. "It's something," he said with a sad smile. His wife told Olsen where she left her ring in their bedroom, and that's where it was found. (AP Photo/Paul Elias)
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