Wildfires have turned entire neighborhoods in Santa Rosa, California, to ash, according to drone footage The Association Press posted Tuesday.
The video shows still-smoldering homes burned to their foundations, blackened trees, and cars that look like they were destroyed in warfare. Standing out in the rubble are the charred skeletons of refrigerators, patio furniture and barbeque pits.
Firefighters continue to battle at least 22 large wildfires across multiple counties, and are preparing for winds to make conditions even worse. The blazes have already burned some 117,000 acres, destroyed about 3,500 structures and triggered mass evacuations. At least 21 people have been killed.
The Tubbs Fire in particular ripped through residential areas of Santa Rosa late Sunday and early Monday. As of Wednesday, it alone had burned 28,000 acres and killed at least 11 people, making it the sixth-deadliest fire in California’s history, according to officials.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has declared a state of emergency for Napa, Sonoma, Yuba Butte, Lake and Mendocino counties.
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A Fountaingrove Village homeowner reacts as he surveys his destroyed home he has owned for four years in Santa Rosa, California.
A firefighter works to put out hot spots on a fast moving wind-driven wildfire in Orange, California.
A burned vehicle in Hidden Valley.
A firefighter puts out a hot spot that flared up in a destroyed neighborhood in Santa Rosa.
Smoke and water stream through the roof of a home destroyed by the Canyon Fire 2 in Anaheim Hills.
A police officer looks over the destruction of a home in Santa Rosa.
Residents use their phones to record firefighters in Orange, California.
The DC-10 VLAT, or Very Large Air Tanker, makes a drop between Santiago Canyon Road and Cowan Heights while trying to slow the spread of the Canyon Fire 2 in Anaheim Hills, California.
A fireman walks on trail looking for hotspots at Peters Canyon Regional Park in Orange, California.
Mark Williams, right, and friend Norina Wong, left, look over the destruction in their friends' neighborhood off Fountaingrove Parkway near the Hilltop in Santa Rosa.
A burnt tree stands amidst the destroyed Journey's End Mobile Home Park during the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa.
Smoke and flames rise as a wildfire from the Santa Rosa and Napa Valley moves through the area.
The remains of a damaged building are seen in Santa Rosa.
Power poles and lines block a street at Brookdale and Aaron Drive in Hidden Valley, where most of the homes were destroyed by fire in Santa Rosa.
A sign sits on the ground next to a fire damaged Arby's restaurant in Santa Rosa.
A resident goes through personal belongings in a parking lot in Santa Rosa.
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