Thank you firefighters: Dramatic photos illustrate exhausting battle against California wildfires

ByABC7.com staff KABC logo

Thursday, January 16, 2020

A firefighter covers his face with a U.S. flag scarf as he fights the Easy Fire, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Simi Valley, Calif.

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Thank you firefighters: Dramatic photos illustrate exhausting battle against California wildfiresA firefighter covers his face with a U.S. flag scarf as he fights the Easy Fire, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Simi Valley, Calif.

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Thousands of firefighters are risking their lives to battle dozens of wildfires burning across California this week.

Destructive blazes broke out in Riverside, Simi Valley, Santa Paula, San Bernardino and many other locations.

Above is a photographic tribute to those on the front lines of the firefight.

MORE: Here's every fire burning in Southern California

Fires continued to ravage Southern California and thousands were forced to evacuate after multiple brush fires erupted across the Southland on Thursday.

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