Wildfires are raging across at least 69,000 hectares in Northern California, leaving more than 20 dead, 300 missing and destroying thousands of structures.
Northern California Wildfires
![Fires continued to burn Oct. 11, 2017 in Sonoma County, Calif. The fires destroyed hundreds of buildings across several counties, and authorities evacuated more people.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4032AFD0-3835-4DA3-848E-17412626A589_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fires continued to burn Oct. 11, 2017 in Sonoma County, Calif. The fires destroyed hundreds of buildings across several counties, and authorities evacuated more people.
![Vicki Nightingale sprays water on her home in Glen Ellen, California, Oct. 11, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F08FB227-1524-49D9-9736-20CE9A3DCA9E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vicki Nightingale sprays water on her home in Glen Ellen, California, Oct. 11, 2017.
![Burned out homes are seen in the Coffey Park area, Oct. 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A03AC2BA-4ADF-4199-9F77-D297D4C62116_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Burned out homes are seen in the Coffey Park area, Oct. 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California.
![Members of the media touch a moving model of a Tyrannosaurus, during a media preview of the Dinoa Live Exhibition / Amazing Dinosaur Art Exhibition in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A14F9B9A-B96E-44B4-B8B7-23025572AA04_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the media touch a moving model of a Tyrannosaurus, during a media preview of the Dinoa Live Exhibition / Amazing Dinosaur Art Exhibition in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.