Skirball fire

A scorched pot is among the few remnants of a homeless site where investigators believe the Skirball blaze, which destroyed more than 400 acres, started.

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Dec. 6, 2017 8:32 AM PT

Firefighter Ken Williams puts out a hot spot on a fire-ravaged home along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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Firefighter Steve Barrett hits a hot spot on a fire-ravaged home on Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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Firefighters work a hot spot next to a vineyard charred by the Skirball fire in Bel-Air on Thursday.

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The downtown Los Angeles skyline is visible through the smoke from the Skirball fire as seen from Bel-Air.

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A firefighter carries a hose up stairs at a home destroyed by the Skirball fire along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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Firefighter Bobby D’Amico looks out over the Getty Center while monitoring the scene over Bel-Air, where the Skirball fire has destroyed several homes.

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A helicopter scouts for hot spots from the Skirball fire in Bel-Air.

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Firefighter Ray Schiller puts out a hot spot on a home destroyed by the Skirball fire on Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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A firefighter monitors the scene over Bel-Air, where the Skirball fire has destroyed several homes.

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The Getty Center seen through the smoke of the Skirball fire.

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A mansion is framed by trees charred in the Skirball fire in Bel-Air.

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A Los Angeles City firefighter makes his way toward a home on Casiano Road that was destroyed by the Skirball fire.

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Los Angeles City firefighters Florin Sarbu, left, Dan Smithers and Robert Caropino monitor the Skirball fire from the backyard of a home on Casiano Road.

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Fredi Seraydarian, left, her husband, Paul, and son Mark wave to a helicopter pilot after he filled up with water at the Stone Canyon Reservoir.

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A Bel-Air home home on Linda Flora Drive burns in the Skirball fire.

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The bedroom of a home is engulfed in flames from the Skirball fire along Linda Flora Drive in Bel Air.

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Firefighters battle a blaze at a home along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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Firefighters work to save a home along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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A car lies among the ruins caused by the Skirball fire at the end of Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air.

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Firefighters try to save a home along Linda Flora Drive in Bel-Air, where the Skirball fire prompted closure of the 405 Freeway as well as mandatory evacuations.

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