Firefighters continue to battle multiple wildfires tearing through Southern California. Powerful winds are fanning the flames that have prompted officials to issue nearly 200,000 evacuation orders.
WATCH: California wildfires prompt 200,000 evacuation orders
Two firefighters watch as a home burns in a wildfire in La Conchita, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Southern California has felt yellow wind, orange wind, and red wind. But never purple wind. Until now. The color-coded system showing the expected strength of the winds driving the region's fierce wildfires has reached uncharted territory, pushing past red, which means "high" into the color that means "extreme." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)