These Harrowing Pictures Capture The Inferno In California's Wine Country

Hundreds of residents in Napa and Sonoma counties were evacuated early Monday morning as devastating wildfires swept through the region.

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Gabriel H. Sanchez
by Gabriel H. Sanchez

BuzzFeed News Photo Essay Editor

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A truck burns as fire ravages the Napa wine region in California on Oct. 9.

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In this long exposure photograph, embers fly off a burning house and truck.

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A firefighter walks near a pool as a neighboring home burns.

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Firefighters douse flames.

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Two women hug as they watch houses burn in Santa Rosa, California.


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A building succumbs to the spreading flames.

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Flames ravage another home.

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A law enforcement officer blocks a road as flames burn in a residential area in Santa Rosa.

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The Signorello Estate winery in Napa.

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A firefighter monitoring the fires.

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A home east of Napa, California, is reduced to ashes.

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A home is engulfed in flames in Glen Ellen, California.

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Resident Louis Reavis inspects his burned classic Oldsmobile at his home in Napa.

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The remains of fire damaged homes in Glen Ellen, California.

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A burned out car rests on the driveway of a smoldering home in the Napa wine region in California.

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