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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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by Lauren Hansen
October 16, 2017

Aerial view of Santa Rosa, California, on Oct. 11, 2017.

(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

Wildfires burning in Anaheim create an eerie glow behind Disneyland on Oct. 9.

(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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Smoke over Sonoma Valley on Oct. 10.

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The forest west of Napa on Oct. 12.

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Flames consume a home in Glen Ellen on Oct. 9.

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Firefighters in Orange County on Oct. 9.

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The burning remains of a home in Glen Ellen on Oct. 9.

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Calistoga on Oct. 12.

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Rivers of melted metal flow from charred cars in Glen Ellen on Oct. 9.

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An elementary school playground smolders in Sonoma on Oct. 10.

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A resident walks across the remains of his home in Santa Rosa on Oct. 11.

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