Two people were found dead, and more than 200,000 residents, including those in Malibu, remain under mandatory evacuation as the Woolsey and Hill fires rage in Southern California.
The Hill Fire has charred more than 4,500 acres as of Saturday morning. The fire is burning in the same area as the Springs Fire from 2013, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
The second blaze, the Woolsey Fire, flared up south of Simi Valley on Thursday afternoon and rapidly spread on Thursday night. It has since burned 70,000 acres and is zero percent contained.
The two blazes have destroyed more than 150 homes.
Two people have been found dead in the fire zone, according to the Associated Press. Sherriff detectives are investigating the deaths.
The recent lull in gusty winds that helped firefighters at the start of the weekend will end on Saturday night.
Over 20,000 customers are without power in Southern California; the majority of the outages are in Los Angeles County, according to Southern California Edison.
A state of emergency was declared in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties on Friday afternoon due to the fires burning in Southern California. On Friday, President Donald Trump approved California's Emergency Declaration, allowing federal assistance to be open to the state due to the wildfires.
The Woolsey Fire has burned multiple structures and forced the evacuation of all of Oak Park, a town of nearly 14,000 people. Many structures have been damaged or destroyed, according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
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