Rows of cars at a dealership, blasted by flames, looked like they had been bombed. A man wearing a mask walked by debris of a neighborhood destroyed. A couple, arms around each other, looked at what was left of their smoldering home. A statue of a human, without a head, lay on a street.

"Wildlife is incredibly resilient," a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said, noting that "many species adapted to endure it."

Celebrities including Khloe Kardashian, Chris Pratt, and Jamie Lee Curtis are taking to their social media accounts expressing their gratitude for the first responders and firefighters battling the wildfires engulfing southern California.