A firefighter stands near a wildfire in Middletown, Calif., on Sunday. Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns.
Deanna Hingst, right, embraces her mother Shirley Leuzinger as they stand at the family's destroyed home Monday in Middletown, Calif.
Adam Bailey, left, looks through the still-smoldering remains of his home with his father-in-law, Joel Miller, on Monday in Cobb, Calif.
Adam Bailey pulls his shirt over his face as he walks through the still-smoldering remains of his home Monday in Cobb, Calif.
Joel Miller looks under the remains of the pickup truck of his son-in-law Adam Bailey, right, next to the still smoldering remains of Bailey's home Monday in Cobb, Calif. Bailey escaped the flames with his baby Saturday, just before flre roared through the neighborhood of about two dozen homes.
Utility worker Michael Quinliven looks over a charred 130-foot ponderosa pine as a stump burns next to it Monday in Middletown, Calif. Utility crews worked to remove fire-damaged trees that took down power lines and threatened further damage following a wildfire there two days earlier.
Utility worker Michael Quinliven shovels dirt onto a burning stump so he can cut down the charred ponderosa pine next to it Monday in Middletown, Calif. Utility crews worked to remove fire-damaged trees that took down power lines and threatened further damage following a wildfire there two days earlier.
Firefighters prepare to create a firebreak near a home in Middletown, Calif., on Sunday.
Firefighters create a firebreak near a home in Middletown, Calif., on Sunday.
The charred remains of an apartment complex are all that remain after a wildfire tore through the area two days earlier, on Monday in Middletown, Calif.
A video operator uses a mask as protection against smoke and ash while filming the remains of an apartment building lost in a wildfire two days earlier, on Monday in Middletown, Calif.
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