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Patients were rushed from Feather River Hospital in Paradise as the Camp Fire reached the building on Thursday. Josh Edelson/AFP-Getty Images
Patients were rushed from Feather River Hospital in Paradise as the Camp Fire reached the building on Thursday. (Josh Edelson/AFP-Getty Images)

PHOTOS: Wildfires Erupt in Northern and Southern California

PHOTOS: Wildfires Erupt in Northern and Southern California

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Wildfires erupted in Northern and Southern California on Thursday, forcing thousands of people to flee and devastating a foothills town.

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is the state's acting governor while Gov. Jerry Brown is out of the state, declared a state of emergency in Butte County, about 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, and requested a federal emergency declaration, saying high winds and dry conditions continue to pose an imminent threat.

The blaze, dubbed the Camp Fire, ravaged the Butte County town of Paradise after breaking out at dawn Thursday. The fire grew from about 18,000 acres -- or about 28 square miles -- late Thursday afternoon to 70,000 acres -- 110 square miles -- on Friday morning.

"Pretty much the community of Paradise is destroyed, it's that kind of devastation," said Cal Fire Capt. Scott McLean.

In Southern California, firefighters are contending with two wildland blazes, the Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire, that also erupted Thursday afternoon and prompted over 90,000 people to evacuate, including the entire city of Malibu.

Here are some photos of the evacuations and devastation in both areas.

Embers blew in the wind as the Camp Fire burned a KFC restaurant Thursday night in the Butte County town of Paradise. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Firefighters tried to stop fire from spreading to a neighboring building as the Camp Fire burned in the community of Paradise on Thursday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A home burned Thursday as the Camp Fire burned in the Butte County community of Paradise. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A home burned as the Camp Fire raged through the Butte County town of Paradise on Thursday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Statues remain outside a home burned when the Camp Fire raced through the town of Paradise on Thursday. (Josh Edelson/AFP-Getty Images)
A line of burned out abandoned cars sit on the road after the Camp Fire moved through the area. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Firefighters try to keep flames from burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire on Nov. 9. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Hospital workers and first responders evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital in Paradise as the Camp Fire roared into the town on Thursday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Rocklin police officer Randy Law tends to a horse that was found wandering after the Camp Fire moved through the area. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Dogs roamed a burned out neighborhood late Thursday in the Butte County town of Paradise. (Josh Edelson/AFP-Getty Images)
A business burns in Paradise. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Firefighters from various departments work to protect structures in Agoura Hills, as the Woolsey Fire moves through Ventura and L.A. counties. (Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)
Smoke billowed from Ventura County's Woolsey Fire on Friday. Residents of about 75,000 homes near the Ventura-Los Angeles county line are under evacuation orders. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. (Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)
The Woolsey Fire burns along the ridgeline off Cornell Road near Paramount Ranch on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018 in Agoura Hills.
The Woolsey Fire burns along the ridgeline off Cornell Road near Paramount Ranch on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018 in Agoura Hills. (Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)
The Woolsey Fire is seen looking towards the west valley area on Nov. 9 in Porter Ranch, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Horses are spooked as the Woolsey Fire moves through a property near Paramount Ranch. (Matthew Simmons/Getty Images)

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