Power restored for nearly TWO MILLION Northern California residents after wildfire prevention tactic

Power was restored on Friday for most of the two million Northern California residents who lost electricity when the state's largest utility company switched it off this week to prevent more wildfires. Pictured: A helicopter drops water to help fight flames as the Saddleridge Fire in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles on Friday The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services shared a map outlining the most recent updates to the evacuation map in the county of Los Angeles Newsom said: 'We are closely monitoring the fires burning across the state and are assisting state and local officials helping the tens of thousands of Californians affected by these fires.' A house on Hampton Court smolders as firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire on Friday in Porter Ranch Authorities have ordered mandatory evacuations in the Granada Hills, Porter Ranch and Oakridge Estates neighborhoods on Thursday night and Friday morning As the sun rose on Friday morning, the Saddleridge fire continued to burn right by several homes and on the hills in Sylmar A firefighter walks through the smoke after battling the Saddleridge Fire all night in Porter Ranch on Friday More than 4,000 acres burned overnight and more than 12,000 homes were under mandatory evacuation. Pictured: A firefighter waits for water as the Saddleridge fire flares up near homes in Sylmar on Thursday A firefighter battles the Saddleridge fire after it began in Sylmar, California, after 9pm on Thursday Water is dropped by helicopter on a large brush fire in Sylmar, California, on Friday morning Firefighters work on a hose nozzle as the Saddleridge fire burns nears homes in Sylmar on Thursday A firefighter sprays water on a fully engulfed house on Jolette Way in Granada Hills North early Friday morning Shocking videos show residents driving along as the massive wildfire spreads on both sides of them in Saddleridge, Sylmar near Los Angeles on Thursday night In one of the videos the driving conditions become so bad due to the smoke that cars begin to pull over on the side of the road on Thursday night In separate videos, part of the footage shows huge flames rising up into the sky from a building as helicopters circle above the area on Thursday night PG&E, though, suggested it was already seeing the wisdom of its decision borne out as gusts topping 77 mph raked the San Francisco Bay Area amid a bout of dry, windy weather. Pictured: Embers from the Saddleridge fire blow by firefighters in Sylmar on Thursday Jerry Rowe uses a garden hose to save his home on Beaufait Avenue from the Saddleridge fire in Granada Hills on Friday Photos capture the Saddleridge fire advancing into Granada Hills early Friday morning A man stomps on flames of the Saddleridge Fire in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles early Friday morning A helicopter flies past as a man throws dirt on flames of the Saddleridge Fire in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles on Friday morning Flames shoot out from the front of a house on Jolette Way in Granada Hills North early Friday morning Firefighters recoil from smoke and heat from a fully engulfed house on Jolette Way in Granada Hills North early Friday morning Linda Klosek, 70, and her daughter Stacey Holloway, 43, had gone grocery shopping and were on their way back home to Villa Calimesa when they saw their neighbors evacuating.