Before AfterFires destroyed an area of the Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa, Calif. Before: Google Earth. The neighborhood was one of the areas under mandatory evacuation in Santa Rosa, the county seat of Sonoma. Counties with declared states of emergency Fires on Monday San Francisco CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Counties with declared states of emergency Fires on Monday San Francisco CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Sources: NASA MODIS, Office of the GovernorThe fires had burned at least 73,000 acres by nightfall on Monday, destroying over 1,500 homes and forcing the evacuation of over 20,000 people, officials said. At least some of the buildings of the Fountaingrove Inn and the Santa Rosa Hilton, shown below, were burned to the ground. Before AfterBuildings were destroyed in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa.

Source: New York Times October 10, 2017 06:33 UTC