Thousands of residents have evacuated ahead of fast-moving wildfires that erupted over the weekend in California’s Napa County. The Glass Fire and Shady Fire grew quickly, invading wine country and destroying homes and vineyards. Much of Northern California remains under a red flag warning for the next 24 hours. Gathered here are images of the fires from the weekend, in a state already coping with multiple disasters.
Wildfires Burn Through California’s Wine Country
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Read moreThe Glass Mountain Inn burns as the Glass Fire moves through the area on September 27, 2020, in St. Helena, California. #
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Read moreAn air tanker drops retardant on the Glass Fire burning in Calistoga, California, on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreMarin County firefighters battle the Glass Fire on September 27, 2020, in Calistoga. #
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Read moreOsvaldo Ramirez holds a burned $100 bill that was destroyed along with $8,000 after his car was destroyed by the Glass Fire on September 26, 2020 in Napa, California. #
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Read moreA Cal Fire airplane drops fire retardant over the Davis Winery during the Glass Fire in St. Helena, California, on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreFlames from the Glass Fire burn along a road in St. Helena on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreJesse Campbell, a Cal Fire captain, works to save the Louis Stralla Water Treatment Plant as the Glass Fire burns in St. Helena on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreIn this long exposure photograph, burning hills create a flaming landscape during the Glass Fire in Napa County's St. Helena on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreEmbers fly from a tree as the Glass Fire burns in St. Helena on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreResidents of the Oakmont Gardens retirement community are loaded onto a city bus as they evacuate ahead of the Shady Fire on September 27, 2020, in Santa Rosa, California. #
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Read moreResidents at the Oakmont Gardens retirement community are evacuated by bus on September 28, 2020. #
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Read moreTraffic backs up on Highway 12 as residents evacuate ahead of the Shady Fire on September 27, 2020, in Santa Rosa. #
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Read moreThe Glass Fire burns in the hills near a vineyard on September 27, 2020, in St. Helena. #
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Read moreGrapes hang from a vine at Chateau Boswell Winery as the Glass Fire moves through the area on September 27, 2020, in St. Helena. #
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Read moreThe Glass Fire burns through the area on September 27, 2020, in Calistoga. #
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Read moreThe Chateau Boswell Winery burns on September 27, 2020, in St. Helena. #
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Read moreA burning stack of chairs is seen inside a building consumed by flames during the Glass Fire in St. Helena on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreThe steeple at Chateau Boswell Winery burns on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreA Marin County firefighter battles the Glass Fire on September 27, 2020, in Calistoga, California. #
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Read moreA home is seen fully engulfed in flames during the Glass Fire in St. Helena on September 27, 2020. #
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Read moreA home bursts into flames from the Shady Fire as it approaches Santa Rosa, on September 28, 2020. #
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Read moreMegan Gonzales, a local resident, watches the Glass Fire as it burns in Deer Park, California, on September 27, 2020. #
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