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Photos: Skirball fire burns homes, closes 405 Freeway

Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air.
An fire department helicopter flies over burned areas looking for spot fires as a fire still burns at a burned out house on Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Flames erupt out of a Bel-Air mansion Wednesday afternoon as the Skirball fire continues to burn through the area. (Photo by Gene Blevins/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighter Luis Vargas battles the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Bel Terrace in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Bel Terrace in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighter Francisco Martinez protects a home on Bel Terrace as firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)A resident sprays water by her home as Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters Tanner Keeler, left, and Francisco Martinez protect a home on Bel Terrace as firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)A resident watches as Los Angeles City firefighter protect her home on Bel Terrace as firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire on Casiano Road in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 06, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Thick black smoke rises into the air Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, from a burning home in the Skirball fire. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)An helicopter drops water on the Skirball Fire in a canyon along along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)An helicopter drops water on the Skirball Fire in a canyon along along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)An LA City firefighters pulls hose around a house as a helicopter drops water during the Skirball Fire along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)An helicopter drops water on the Skirball Fire in a canyon along along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Traffic backs up on the southbound 405 Freeway while the northbound lanes are closed due to the Skirball fire Wednesday morning. (Photo by Gene Blevins for the Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)LA City firefighters put out hot spots in the Skirball Fire on a canyon along Linda Flora Drive in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Traffic backs up on the southbound 405 Freeway while the northbound lanes are closed due to the Skirball fire Wednesday morning. (Photo by Gene Blevins for the Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Traffic backs up on the southbound 405 Freeway while the northbound lanes are closed due to the Skirball fire Wednesday morning. (Photo by Gene Blevins for the Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)A firefighter climbs up a hillside on Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A burned out cars sits near a destroyed house just off of Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Fire crews maintain structure protection to the evacuated homes along Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Fire crews maintain structure protection to the evacuated homes along Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A Christmas tree lights up a room of an evacuated home along Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Spot fires burn on the hills above Moraga Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Fire crews maintain structure protection to the evacuated homes along Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A firefighter clears brush along Linda Flora Drive to gain access to a hot spot at the Skirball fire in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A fire glows below a firefigher along Linda Flora Drive at the Skirball fire in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A firefighter heads to clear bush with a chainsaw along Linda Flora Drive at the Skirball fire in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A firefighter puts water on a burning tree below Linda Flora Drive at the Skirball fire in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Wind driven embers from the Skirball fire fly up a hillside next to a destroyed home on Linda Flora Drive in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Wind driven embers from the Skirball fire fly past a burnt home on Linda Flora Drive in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)A firefighter looks over a burnt structure along Linda Flora Drive as the Skirball fire settles down at night in Bel Air on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)Show Caption of Expand
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