California wildfires - in pictures

A man on a rooftop looks at approaching flames as the Springs fire continues to grow near Camarillo, California. The wildfire has spread to more than 18,000 acres on day two and is 20% contained. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

A firefighter near thick smoke in Los Angeles, California.
Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

A trailer is engulfed in flames as a raging wildfire pushes towards the coast. Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

The California wildfire approaches a field of horses at the Blackiston ranch near Camarillo, California. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Fire races through canyons in the mountain areas of Ventura county, California during the second day of the Springs fire, which threatened several thousand homes and a military base. Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

A Skycrane firefighting helicopter drops water on the Springs fire in the mountain areas of Ventura county, California. More than 1,100 homes were ordered evacuated and a university campus was closed. Photograph: Gene Blevins/Reuters

A firefighter battles the blaze near farmland along a hillside in Point Mugu, California. Photograph: Ringo HW Chiu/AP

A woman uses a shovel to fight a spot fire while a main fire front approaches the Blackiston ranch near Camarillo, California. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

A rabbit runs from a wildfire along the Pacific coast highway near Point Mugu state park in Ventura county, California. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters make their way out of a canyon as they battle the Springs fire near Malibu, California. Photograph: Gus Ruelas/Reuters

A wall of flame approaches a statue of St Francis of Assisi in Hidden Hills, California. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Firefighters build a backfire to control the Springs fire up a mountain near Newbury Park, California. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/Reuters

Embers and flames burn a tree on the mountain off Potrero Road near Newbury Park, California.
Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/Reuters

A view of the fire scorched hills 40 miles north of Los Angeles, with the Pacific Ocean in the background. Photograph: Michael Nelson/Epa

A satellite photo from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows wildfires in Ventura county, California. Photograph: Handout/Getty Images