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Firefighters recoil from smoke and heat from a fully engulfed house on Jolette Way in Granda Hills North early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven Saddleridge Fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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The sun rises through thick smoke from the Saddleridge fire along Sesnon Blvd. in Porter Ranch, CA. on Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG
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A home burns on Laughton Way as the Saddleridge fire burns into Porter Ranch Friday morning. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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Local residents try to to fight the wind driven Saddleridge fire with a garden hose in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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A neighbor thanks a firefighter for their efforts where two homes at the end of the street were destroyed by the Saddleridge fire. Santa Ana wind driven flames destroyed this home on Jolette Ave. in Granada Hills, CA. on Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG
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Flames from the Saddleridge fire burn just north of gated communities and a shopping center in Porter Ranch early Friday, Oct. 11 (Eric Licas, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A home burns on Darby Ave. early Friday morning during the Saddleridge Fire. (Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
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GRANADA HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 10: A firefighter cuts though a fence to gain access to the Saddle Ridge fire along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven Saddleridge Fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A fire patrol keeps an eye on a flare-up along Yarnell Street in Sylmar early Friday morning. The fast wind-driven Saddleridge Fire spread rapidly from Sylmar to Porter Ranch late Thursday and early Friday morning October 11, 2019 destroying at least three homes. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Miles of trucks wait along the I-5 freeway in Newhall, CA as the major roadway leading into Los Angeles remains closed as firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire which has burned more than 4,600 acres, damaged more 20 home and lead to the death of a man trying to save his home Friday October 11, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, /Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A skycrane makes a water drop on flames during between homes in Porter Ranch, seen from Tampa Ave., on Friday morning, October 11, 2019. Strong Santa Ana winds from the Saddleridge fire quickly pushed the Saddleridge fire into the area overnight. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG
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Flying embers from the wind driven Saddleridge fire fill the night sky in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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Local residents try to to fight the wind driven Saddleridge fire with a garden hose in the early morning hours Friday, October 11, 2019 in Porter Ranch. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)
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A helicopter flies over fire burning near high tension wires north of Newhall, CA Friday October 11, 2019. Power companies have sent notices to Southern California customers that power may go out at any time in the affect areas of the Saddleridge fire which has burned more than 4,700 acres, damaged more 20 homes and lead to the death of a man trying to save his house. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Yellow crime scene tape marks the location where a garbage truck carrying a load of burning trash dumped its load near Sandalwood Drive and Seventh Street and Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park where at least a dozen residences were burned or destroyed on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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A firefighter walks through a parking structure at Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, where 73 homes were destroyed by the Sandalwood fire in Calimesa the day before. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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A helicopter makes a water drop on the Reche fire above Reche Canyon Road south of Reche Vista Drive near Moreno Valley on Thursday, Oct 10, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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A CAL Fire firefighter uses a bucket to douse hot spots near a home on Reche Canyon Road south of Reche Vista Drive near Moreno Valley on Thursday, Oct 10, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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One building was reported burned near a mobile home on Reche Canyon Road south of Reche Vista Drive near Moreno Valley on Thursday, Oct 10, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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The thick smoke form the Reche fire blocks the sun as a helicopter makes a water drop on the hills above Reche Canyon Road south of Reche Vista Drive near Moreno Valley on Thursday, Oct 10, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Firefighters battle the Sandalwood fire as it destroys homes in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park in Calimesa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The blaze began as a vehicle fire at about 2 p.m. at Sandalwood Drive and Seventh Street, near the I-10 exit ramp, before erupting into a fast-moving fire. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A firefighter tries to put out the fire in one of the homes as firefighters battle the Sandalwood fire in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park in Calimesa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The blaze began as a vehicle fire at about 2 p.m. at Sandalwood Drive and Seventh Street, near the I-10 exit ramp, before erupting into a fast-moving fire. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Riverside County Sheriff’s officials canvass the mobile home park for residents as firefighters battle the Sandalwood fire in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park in Calimesa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The blaze began as a vehicle fire at about 2 p.m. at Sandalwood Drive and Seventh Street, near the I-10 exit ramp, before erupting into a fast-moving fire. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Firefighters try to protect surrounding homes as they battle the Sandalwood fire in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park in Calimesa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The blaze began as a vehicle fire at about 2 p.m. at Sandalwood Drive and Seventh Street, near the I-10 exit ramp, before erupting into a fast-moving fire. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Firefighters battle the Sandalwood fire as it destroys homes in the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park in Calimesa on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The blaze began as a vehicle fire at about 2 p.m. at Sandalwood Drive and Seventh Street, near the I-10 exit ramp, before erupting into a fast-moving fire. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A family friend hugs The Manokian children, Serineh and Matthew after their family home on Hampton Court in Porter Ranch burned down on Friday, October, 11, 2019 in the Saddleridge fire. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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A fixed wing aircraft makes a drop on the Saddleridge Fire in Newhall, Friday, October 11, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The Saddleridge fire in Los Angeles County and the Sandalwood fire in Riverside County have charred thousands of acres since Thursday, Oct. 10. Two people have died, dozens of homes have been burned and more than 100,000 people have been evacuated.