The most destructive wildfire raging in southern California has expanded significantly, scorching an area larger than New York City, BBC reports.
The Thomas fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has consumed 230,000 acres in the past week.
Fanned by strong winds, it has become the fifth largest wildfire in recorded state history after it grew by more than 50,000 acres in a day.
Residents in coastal beach communities have been ordered to leave.
Evacuation orders were issued overnight on Sunday for parts of Carpinteria close to Los Padres National Forest, about 100 miles (160km) northwest of Los Angeles.
Forecasters said wind speeds were expected to increase throughout the day, before dying down again overnight.
The local fire department tweeted pictures of a wall of flames advancing on homes on the outskirts of Carpinteria early on Sunday morning.
The authorities issued a purple alert - the highest level warning - amid what it called "extremely critical fire weather", while US President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency.
On Saturday, California Governor Jerry Brown described the situation as "the new normal" and predicted vast fires, fuelled by climate change, "could happen every year or every few years".
Several firefighters have been injured, but only one person has died - a 70-year-old woman who was found dead in her car on an evacuation route.
There are also fears the blaze will seriously hit California's multi-million dollar agricultural industry.