A series of wildfires have torn across California over the last week, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing nearly 200,000 residents to evacuate. Millions were without power for several days.

The Kincade fire, north of San Francisco, has so far burned more than 76,000 acres, decimated at least 266 structures and damaged 47 others as of Wednesday night. More than 4,200 firefighters continued to wage against that blaze, which on Thursday morning was 45 percent contained.

Farther south, in the Los Angeles area, firefighters continued to battle the Getty fire, which prompted the evacuation of more than 7,000 homes, and the Easy fire, which threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, as Santa Ana winds strengthened.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency earlier this week.

New York Times photographers documented the destruction caused by the fires, the fight to contain them, and the cost to residents in the area for whom fleeing has become the new normal.