Wildfires

Wildfires - California

The owners of a California ranch in the path of one of the devastating wildfires in the region have returned home to a gruesome sight.

The charred remains of 29 horses were left behind by the Creek Fire, one of five that has led to the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people in Southern California. Their dark black bodies lay in their metal and concrete pens, left behind after their owners were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night as flames rushed towards the area.

The Skirball Fire burned 475 acres in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles and destroyed six structures. Twelve other structures were damaged.

The Thomas Fire in Ventura County scorched 115,000 acres on Thursday and destroyed 439 structures, fire officials said at a news conference.

KGTV flew over a mobile home park in San Diego County last night, where at least 19 structures were burning. Flames swept through rows of homes in the Rancho Monserate Country Club retirement community in Fallbrook.

The 2,500-acre Lilac Fire has destroyed at least 20 structures and damaged several others.

The wildfires can be seen clearly from space.