California wildfires

Teenagers play under a smoke-filled sky on Huntington beach Photograph: KPA/Zuma / Rex Features

The LA skyline is barely visible under the choking blanket of smoke Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

The fires burn above Yorba Linda Photograph: KPA/Zuma / Rex Features

Tracking the fires on the hills around Corona Photograph: KPA/Zuma / Rex Features

Rescue teams search for victims in the devastated Oak Ridge mobile home park Photograph: Michal Czerwonka/EPA

Homes in the line of fire Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Flying sparks, fanned by 70mph gusts, add to the dangers for firefighters in Montecito Photograph: KPA/Zuma / Rex Features

Crews struggle in Granada hills. Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features Photograph: KPA/Zuma / Rex Features

Exhausted firefighters sleep where they can Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/REUTERS

Nearly 500 mobile homes are turned to cinder in Sylmar Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Evacuees rest at Diamond Bar high school, which was used as an evacuation centre Photograph: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

Flames burn on both sides of Interstate 5 during a wind-driven wildfire in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles Photograph: Dan Steinberg/AP

Fire on the road to Los Angeles Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features

Palm trees catch fire as the wind blows a fast moving wildfire in Yorba Linda, California Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

A firefighter looks over a backyard wall as he and his team protect homes against arriving wildfire, in the Knollwood section of Los Angeles Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP

The steeple of the Sam Sung Presbyterian Church in Carbon Canyon near Brea, California, as a wildfire bears down behind Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Horses cross the road in front of fire vehicles as a wildfire approaches Carbon Canyon road near Brea, California Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

A train moves to get past a wind driven wildfire as a fire helicopter circles overhead in Yorba Linda, California Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

A firefighter protects a mobile home from a wildfire in Carbon Canyon near Brea, California Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

An area of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park smolders after a wind-whipped wildfire swept through the area, in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP

Firefighters gear up as a wildfire approaches Carbon Canyon road near Brea, California Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Patio furniture is all that remains of one home after days of wildfires Photograph: KPA/Zuma / Rex Features