Exofficer not guilty. New violence erupts over President Trumps jerusalem decision. Our Richard Engel is in the thick of it. And the new flu warning. How to protect your family. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening from ventura, california. There are by now hundreds of destroyed homes just like this as the footprint of this unusual december Fire Outbreak widens across Southern California tonight. Six large wildfires from north of los angeles all the way down the coast are burning, and on the move tonight, forcing more evacuations, sending people and, in some cases, animals fleeing to safety. And it is all about the weather. Unfavorable winds expected to continue potentially drawing this ugly battle with nature well through the weekend. Once again Miguel Almaguer leads our coverage from here in ventura. Reporter tonight this epic firefight spans 200 miles, from san diego to santa barbara. In ventura county, a staggering 400 structures destroyed. I had to stay for my f
8,000 firefighters on the ground. In San Diego County the lilac fire driven by winds gusting above 50 Miles Per Hour thursday destroying dozens of structures. We have crews surrounding this whole area. Were going to protect all the ones that we can. Oh. Reporter as the flames churned towards this horse stable, their only hope of escaping the flames. You can see the horses stampeding. Some 2 dozen did not survive. Many are still missing. Look at the structure going up in flames. The trees starting to light and the embers carried by this wind. The spot fires can flair up. Reporter the thomas fire so explosive it looked like a volcano. We were on the ground. You could see how massive that plume of smoke is. This thing towers into the sky thousands of feet up. Reporter our station kabc in the air today above ventura. The fire just moved through here with too much in the way of high winds to save most of these homes. Reporter tonight parts of the thomas fire burning close to the turn of oja