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***Live Updates*** Wildfires Blaze Across Parts of California

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A wildfire blazing so quickly that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, according to state authorities. Law enforcement officials confirm at least five people were found dead in vehicles torched by wildfire flames. A wind-driven wildfire raged through Southern California communities on Friday, burning homes and forcing thousands of people to flee as it relentlessly pushed toward Malibu and the Pacific Ocean.

Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

3:57 PM:

3:56 PM:

3:54 PM: Malibu issued the following alert: “Fire is now burning out of control and heading into populated areas of Malibu. All residents must evacuate immediately.”

3:50 PM:

3:49 PM: Feel good story about the Paradise Alliance Church still intact as the wildfire blazes.

3:42 PM: Smokey skies in Oakland.

3:41 PM:

3:10 PM: Video shows the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Paradise

3:00 PM:

List of school closures below:

Willows Unified School District

Chico Unified School District

Chico State

Los Molinos Unified School District

Butte College

2:55 PM: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area officials say the Western Town at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills has burned down. Los Angeles photojournalist John Schreiber shared photos of what appears to be the aftermath.

2:35 PM: Sheriff’s officials in Northern California say the five people found dead in vehicles torched by a wildfire’s flames could not immediately be identified because of the burns they suffered.

The Butte County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that autopsies will be conducted.

Officials say the victims were found in the same area in the town of Paradise, near a main thoroughfare heading out of the town that was consumed by flames.

All of the city’s 27,000 residents were ordered to evacuate on Thursday as the wildfire quickly turned into an inferno.

Many residents said traffic jams developed as they left as panicked people fled, some abandoning their cars to try to escape on foot.

The fire has grown to nearly 110 square miles.

Paradise is 180 miles northeast of San Francisco.

2:29 PM: The Woolsey fire grows moves towards the west valley area in Porter Ranch, California

PORTER RANCH, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: The Woolsey Fire is seen looking towards the west valley area on November 9, 2018 in Porter Ranch, California. About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

PORTER RANCH, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: The Woolsey Fire is seen looking towards the Oak Park area on November 9, 2018 in Porter Ranch, California. 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

PORTER RANCH, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: The Woolsey Fire is seen looking towards the west valley area on November 9, 2018 in Porter Ranch, California. About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

PORTER RANCH, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 09: The Woolsey Fire is seen looking towards the west valley area on November 9, 2018 in Porter Ranch, California. About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

2:26 PM: The Los Angeles County Fire Department tweeted that the fire raging through the Santa Monica Mountains was headed to the ocean. Malibu has about 13,000 residents and lies along 21 miles of coast at the southern foot of the mountain range.

“Imminent threat!” the department said in its warning.

The erupted Thursday near the northwest corner of the city of Los Angeles as the region’s notorious Santa Ana winds gusted, triggering overnight evacuations of an estimated 75,000 homes in western Los Angeles County and eastern Ventura County.

The fire then pushed southward, jumped the wide U.S. 101 freeway before dawn Friday and pushed into the Santa Monica range.

Another fire was burning farther west in Ventura County, also moving toward the ocean.

2:17 PM View from Pacific Palisades looking North toward the city of Malibu

(Photo by Breitbart News Network)

2:15 PM: Wildfire burns a part of Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

Flames from a wildfire burn a portion of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, November 9, 2018. – Staff at the Los Angeles Zoo, which is located in the park are preparing animals to be evacuated. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Flames from a wildfire burn a portion of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, November 9, 2018. – Staff at the Los Angeles Zoo, which is located in the park are preparing animals to be evacuated. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Flames from a wildfire burn a portion of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, November 9, 2018. – Staff at the Los Angeles Zoo, which is located in the park are preparing animals to be evacuated. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

A man watches flames from a wildfire in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, November 9, 2018. – Staff at the Los Angeles Zoo, which is located in the park are preparing animals to be evacuated. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

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