More than a dozen wildfires burning across Northern California have destroyed at least 5,700 structures, and are being blamed for 40 deaths now, making this California's deadliest-ever wildfire event. Authorities are saying that recent calmer winds and containment efforts have allowed firefighters to gain a measure of control over some of the blazes, but much work remains to be done. Tens of thousands of residents who were forced to evacuate are now waiting for the signal to return to their neighborhoods and see what, if any, damage may have taken place.
Deadly Wildfires Continue Across Northern California
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Read moreA firefighter carries a water hose to put out a fire along Highway 29 on October 13, 2017, near Calistoga, California. Firefighters gained some ground on a blaze burning in the heart of California's wine country but faced another tough day ahead with low humidity and high winds expected to return. #
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Read moreFlames rise behind Ledson Winery in Kenwood, near Santa Rosa, California, on October 14, 2017. #
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Read moreProperty burns in the early morning hours in Sonoma, California, on October 14, 2017. #
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Read moreThe ruins of houses destroyed by the Tubbs Fire are seen near Fountaingrove Parkway on October 14, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. #
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Read moreAn aerial view shows the devastation of the Coffey Park neighborhood after a wildfire swept through in Santa Rosa, California, on October 14, 2017. #
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Read moreAn empty wheelchair sits in the remains of the Verenna housing development parking structure in the Fountaingrove neighborhood of Santa Rosa on October 13, 2017. #
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Read moreA search and rescue team searches for bodies at a property where a person was reported missing in Santa Rosa on October 12, 2017. Hundreds of people are still missing in massive wildfires which have swept through California killing at least 40 people and damaging thousands of homes, businesses, and other buildings. #
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Read moreA mobile home park devastated by a wildfire is seen in Santa Rosa on October 13, 2017. #
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Read moreSearch and Rescue personnel look for human remains in the Journey's End mobile home park following the damage caused by the Tubbs Fire on October 13, 2017, in Santa Rosa. #
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Read moreA row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by a wildfire near Santa Rosa on October 13, 2017. #
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Read moreAn unidentified cat that injured his paws when wildfires swept through California wine country is cared for at Sonoma County Animal Services in Santa Rosa on October 14, 2017. In a frantic race to escape the flames, many people were forced to leave their pets behind, and many are being brought to the county animal shelter where a team of veterinarians is looking after them. #
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Read moreFirefighter Terry Sanders and son Isaac, 11, who lost their home in a wildfire, comfort each other in front of their neighbor's home destroyed by the same wildfire after trying to find sentimental items belonging to the neighbor in Santa Rosa on October 14, 2017. #
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Read moreAn SUV passes trees covered in fire retardant as wildfires continue to burn on October 12, 2017, near Calistoga, California. #
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Read moreA deer wanders on the road in an area burned in wildfires in the hills above Santa Rosa on October 12, 2017. #
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Read moreA boy pauses in the dance room where donations are dropped off and can be picked up at McCarty's Bar, which turned into an evacuation center in Redwood Valley, California, on October 14, 2017. #
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Read moreThe Nuns Fire burns through the night on October 14, 2017, close to Kenwood, near Santa Rosa, California. #
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Read moreWildfire creeps through the forest, down the south side of Dry Creek Canyon, at the Patrick Fire on October 12, 2017, west of Napa, California. #
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Read moreCalFire firefighter Trevor Smith monitors a firing operation while battling the Tubbs Fire on October 12, 2017, near Calistoga, California. #
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Read moreA helicopter flies through the smoky sky to drop a load of water on a wildfire in Sonoma, California, on October 12, 2017. #
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Read moreFirefighter Chris Oliver walks between grapevines as a helicopter drops water over a wildfire burning near a winery in Santa Rosa on October 14, 2017. #
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Read morePamela Garibaldi looks over burned remains of her parents home destroyed by wildfire in Napa, California, on October 13, 2017. #
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Read moreA flag is draped on a burned truck in the fire-devastated Coffey Park neighborhood on October 14, 2017, in Santa Rosa. #
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Read moreA Sonoma City firefighter walks in front of flames during a backburn operation in Glen Ellen, California, on October 13, 2017. #
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Read moreA wildfire illuminates a hilltop in Geyserville, California, on October 13, 2017. #
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Read moreFirefighters battle a wildfire near Santa Rosa on October 14, 2017. #
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Read moreSmoke from wildland fires in rural Sonoma County, Napa County, Mendocino County, and other nearby North Bay counties has been pushed approximately 45 miles into the San Francisco Bay, tinting the sunlight seen from Alameda, California, on October 12, 2017. #
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