The indiscriminate fury of California's wildfires

After more than a week of blazing fires, much of Northern California lies in smoldering ruins

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A homeowner in Santa Rosa, California.
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(Image credit: (REUTERS/DroneBase)While the worst damage has come in the wine country north of the San Francisco Bay Area, the devastation is hardly limited to this area. The Canyon 2 Fire in Anaheim — mark)

(Image credit: (INSTAGRAM/ KENNYA.BOULTER /Kennya Boulter via REUTERS)As officials comb the blackened ruins of the hardest-hit areas of Northern California, they face a new grim reality: "We may never get t)

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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.