Pictures: California is burning, wildfires are raging

'That seems to be the new normal in California,' says resident

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Palm trees explode into flames from a wind-driven wildfire called the Saddle Ridge fire in the early morning hours Friday in Porter Ranch, California, U.S., October 11, 2019.
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Manokian family and friends gather at what is left of their home on Hampton Court in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles after it burned down in the Saddleridge Fire on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019.
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Firefighters hose down the perimeter of a farm during the Saddleridge fire in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
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Firefighters work at a house fire in the early morning hours during the Saddleridge Fire on October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch, California.
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Firefighters watch a helicopter drop water on a burning hillside in Porter Ranch, California, on October 11, 2019. Much of California was on high alert Friday as wind-driven wildfires tore through the state's south, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and destroying multiple structures and homes.
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Eyed Jarjour comforts a neighbor who lost his Jolette Ave. home to the Saddleridge Fire on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Granada Hills, California
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An aircraft helps fight the Saddleridge fire by dropping fire retardant along a ridge in Newhall, California on October 11, 2019.
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The Saddleridge Fire burns in the early morning hours on October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch, California.
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