The California Wildfires in Pictures
New York Times photographers are on the ground documenting the destruction and the fight to contain the fires.
By The New York Times
Published Oct. 27, 2019
Updated Oct. 31, 2019, 9:34 a.m. ET
A series of wildfires have torn across California over the last week, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing nearly 200,000 residents to evacuate. Millions were without power for several days.
The Kincade fire, north of San Francisco, has so far burned more than 76,000 acres, decimated at least 266 structures and damaged 47 others as of Wednesday night. More than 4,200 firefighters continued to wage against that blaze, which on Thursday morning was 45 percent contained.
Farther south, in the Los Angeles area, firefighters continued to battle the Getty fire, which prompted the evacuation of more than 7,000 homes, and the Easy fire, which threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, as Santa Ana winds strengthened.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency earlier this week.
New York Times photographers documented the destruction caused by the fires, the fight to contain them, and the cost to residents in the area for whom fleeing has become the new normal.
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Wednesday
The fast-moving blaze known as the Easy fire quickly grew to more than 1,300 acres and prompted local officials to order evacuations for parts of Simi Valley and Moorpark, two communities in the southern part of Ventura County.
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A helicopter dropped fire retardant on the Easy fire.
The Easy fire’s flames threatened an area of farms and ranches. Along Tierra Rejada Road in Simi Valley, residents tried to save horses in the fire’s path.
An inmate fire crew worked to contain the fire near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Smoke from the Kincade fire rose through vegetation covered in fire retardant in Kellogg, Calif.
Ramon Aviles, left, and Raven Villagomez, both firefighters, took a break on a containment line in Kellogg. Crews have been battling the fire since last Wednesday.
Scorched earth in Middletown, Calif., on the fire’s northeastern flank.
A firefighter climbs up a steep containment line on the Kincade Fire in Kellogg.
Fire crews made their way to the northeastern edge of the Kincade fire in Middletown.
Tuesday
High winds blew embers from the Kincade fire in Sonoma County late Tuesday. Gusts were not as strong as expected.
Evacuees slept in their vehicles in a parking lot in Santa Rosa, Calif. Some evacuation centers were over capacity.
Smoke from the Kincade fire lingered in Healdsburg, Calif.
Firefighters battled a structure fire in Windsor, Calif.
Monday
Fire retardant saturated parts of Windsor, Calif., as firefighters continued to battle the Kincade fire.
A firefighter tried to extinguish a hot spot in Windsor.
The Soda Rock Winery was destroyed by the Kincade fire.
Firefighters were able to make progress Monday containing the fire as winds died down.
Smoke from the Kincade fire lingered in Windsor, Calif., on Monday.
A helicopter dropped fire retardant on the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Los Angeles.
The Getty fire burned near the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on Monday.
The fire, which began as a brush fire overnight, created highway gridlock and also caused schools across the evacuation area to close.
In Windsor, wind whipped sparks from trees that were burned by the fire. Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, is expected to get a brief reprieve on Monday from high winds that have acted as a dangerous accelerant.
Sunday
Firefighters worked to contain the fire. It was just 5 percent contained as of Sunday night.
The fire, which has been burning since last Wednesday night, continued to tear through Healdsburg, Calif., on Sunday.
Embers were carried along by winds of up to 80 miles an hour. The gusting winds have made it harder for firefighters to contain the blaze.
A firefighter hosed down a front yard to try to save a home from the Kincade fire in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday.
The fire had spread to 30,000 acres, and was 10 percent contained on Sunday morning, according to Cal Fire.
Firefighters removed an American flag to save it from the flames in Healdsburg.
An evacuation zone covered about 180,000 people, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said. Vehicles clogged the southbound side of Highway 101 in Rohnert Park, Calif., just before dawn on Sunday.
Sergio Jorge napped in his car outside a full evacuation center in Petaluma, Calif., on Sunday morning. Mr. Jorge evacuated from his Santa Rosa home late Saturday night.
A Pacific Gas and Electric employee sprayed fire retardant on wooden power poles ahead of the Kincade fire in Windsor.
A helicopter dropped water on a fire that closed both directions of I-80 at the Carquinez Bridge in Vallejo, Calif., on Sunday.
Saturday
On Saturday, firefighters lit backfires to try to contain the blaze in Geyserville, Calif.
The National Weather Service said that a combination of powerful winds
and low humidity could create what it called a “historic” weather event
throughout Northern California.
Friday
A plane dropped fire retardant ahead of the Kincade fire on Friday in the Geysers.
Firefighters from the Marin County Tamalpais Fire Crew began digging a
containment line ahead of the Kincade fire on Friday in the Geysers.
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