California, Oregon and Washington fires: Residents’ survival stories


Wildfire burning in the west

Dora Negret has been reassured by her son Hector Rocha after seeing her devastating mobile home on Sept. 10 after wildfires wreaked havoc in the area on September 10 in Talent, Oregon.

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This aerial view of the drone shows a mobile home park destroyed by fire on September 10 in Phoenix, O Reagan.

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A street is lit by smoke from a wildfire in West Linen, Oregon, on Sept. 10.

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On Sept. 10, a Coulson 737 fire tanker jet delivers firefighting drops to Bobcat in the Angels National Forest north of Monrovia, California, to slow down the fire.

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Overlooking Columbus Avenue in San Francisco, the Transmerica Pyramid and Salesforce Tower are covered in smoke from nearby wildfires on Wednesday, September 9th. This photo was taken late in the morning.

Wildfire burning in the west

Wildfire burning in the west

On September 9, wild smoke billowed over the San Francisco-land Clandestine Bay Bridge.

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Bezan Razi, a senior building inspector in Mill Valley, California, inspects repairs on a lamp-post clock as it illuminates the sky through a nearby wildfire.

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Smokers stand in Alamo Square Park over San Francisco on Sept. 9.

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People stop taking pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge as it is affected by smoke from nearby wildfires on September 9th.

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Firefighters cut protective lines and light backfires on Sept. 9 in Butt County, California, to protect structures.

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Shoot flames from a house in Butt County.

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A Pacific Gas and Electric worker heads to the Creek Fire near Alder Springs, California, on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

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Lisa Thiss unloaded the last of her 44 alpacas after she emptied her ranch in North Fork, California.

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Flames burned in a house lit by a creek fire in Fresno County, California.

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A slide wires in a school ground in Fresno County.

Wildfire burning in the west

Wildfire burning in the west

Firef In September, firefighter Nick Grinstead battled a creek fire in Shaver Lake, California.

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A firefighter in Jamul, California, fought Valley Fire on Sunday, September 6th.

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On September 6, a fire broke out on Japatul Road in Jamul.

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Little League baseball players warmed up for a game near Dehesa, California, as the Valley Fire burned on September 6th.

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A firefighter sees a creek fire advancing into Shaver Lake.

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A business owner in Shaver Lake walks past Cax as he fills the sky with smoke from a creek fire on Sept. 6.

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On September 6, family members comfort each other as the El Dorado Fire approaches their home in Yukaipa, California.

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The firefighter set a controlled burn with a drip torch while fighting a creek fire in Shaver Lake.

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Dozens of evacuations were carried out for safety on Saturday, September 5, over a California National Guard helicopter. Creek fire trapped them in a popular camping area in the Sierra National Forest.

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On September 5, firefighters line up in Yukaipa.

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Destroyed by the Evans Canyon Fire on September 3, and the sky and smoke blanket near Washington Washington.

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Gov. of California. Gavin News, OK, Santa Cruz State Park Superintendent Chris Spoher talks about the damage caused by the Big Basin Redwoods State Park fire.

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Randy Hunt packs up his belongings, including his daughter Natasha’s first pooh bear, if he and his wife, Shelley, rented a house in Middletown, California on August 26, August.

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Firefighter Juan Chauerin pulls down a burning tree trunk in Gurnville, California on August 25th.

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A sign to read “Veka Strong” adorns a charcoal hill on Vegaville, California, on August 24th.

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Austin Stein Gianazuji cries as he visits relatives on the burnt remains of his Vacaville home on Aug. 23.

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A firefighter is getting out of a helicopter fighting a fire at the LNU Lightning Complex in Lake County, California.

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LNU on Buttons Canyon Road in Lake County on Aug. 23. The flames of the Lightning Complex have jumped out of the fire.

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On August 22, Carol Markowski of the South Pasadena Fire Department lost hot spots while fighting a fire at the CZU Lightning Complex in Boulder Creek, California.

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A burned vehicle remains in front of a destroyed house as smoke filled the sky in Boulder Creek on Aug. 22.

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There is less smoke in the air at Big Basin Redwoods State Park as some redwoods burn in Boulder Creek on August 22nd.

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Firefighters witness a LNU Lightning Complex fire that broke out in the Bereissa Estate neighborhood in Napa County on Aug. 21.

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Veterinary technician Brianna Jeter comforts a lama who was injured in a fire in Vacaville on August 21. On the right, animal control officer Dai Kim is preparing to make Lala legendary.

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On 21st August the smoke from nearby wildfires stopped over San Francisco.

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A firefighter monitors a fire in Boulder Creek on August 21 Gust.

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Members of the U.S. Forest Service will discuss their next move to fight the Grizzly Creek fire near Dotsero, Colorado, on August 21.

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People pack a brown bag lunch at an evacuation center in Santa Cruz, California, on August 21st.

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On August 20, the LNU Lightning Complex in Hildsburg, California, caught fire due to smoke.

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August 20 Gust will fight a firefight in Santa Cruz County, California.

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Only burnt houses and vehicles remain at the Spanish Flat Mobile Villa in Napa County, California on August 20th.

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Peter Colker reacted on August 20 after several houses in his neighborhood were set on fire in Bonnie Doon, California.

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August 20 Gusto forest fire in Bonnie Doon.

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On August 20, a man stops to look at a tree after a fire filled with rubbish in Vacaville, California.

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A melted plastic fence is on burning ground after a fire broke out in Vacaville on August 20.

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Sarah Hawkins searches the rubble after the August 20 demolition of her Wakaville home.

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Fire crews maintain a backburn on Aug. 19 to contain river fires near the Las Palmas neighborhood in Salinas, California.

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Gina Santos cries in her car after leaving Vacaville on August 19.

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People raise a herd of cows down Pleasant Valley Road in Vacaville on August 19th.

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Flames consumes a home on Aug. 19 in Napa County, California.

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L.N.U. The Lightning Complex fire broke out through Napa County on Aug. 18, and the Ellers burned thorns on a hill above Lake Berissa. This image was taken with long exposure.

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A resident rushes home to rescue a dog, while flames erupt from Hansi Fire near Lake Barissa on Aug. 18.

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On August 18, a house caught fire in the LNU Lightning Complex by the Spanish Flat Community in Napa County.

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On August 18, an air tanker caught fire in the Spanish Flat Community of Napa County.

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Hansi Fire Flames consumes a cabin at the Nicheli Family Winery in Napa County on Aug. 18.

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Tony Leonardini works on a fire in Napa County on Aug. 17 with a hurricane fan.

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Smoke billows from the Grizzly Creek Fire at Glenwood Canyon near Glenwood Springs, Colorado on August 16th.

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Kathy Matheson 16 August Gust still sees a smoky wildfire that, the day before, came within a few feet of her home in a band in Oregon.

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Firefighters watched smoke and flames from a Ranch 2 fire in the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles on August 14th.

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A helicopter ranch 2 fire on August 13 in Azusa, California.

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The car was set on fire by Lake Fire near Lake Hughes on August 13, 60 miles north of Los Angeles.

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A couple watches the Ranch 2 fire from a distance on 13 August Gust.

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Firefighter crew work at Lake Hughes on Aug. 13.

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On August 13, a lake fire burned down a house in the Angeles National Forest.

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12 August Gust Wednesday Flames and smoke rise from Lake Fire.

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Firefighters work against Lake Fire on August 12th.

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Firefighters make escape plans as Lake Fire burns the mountain on Aug. 12.

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On August 12, a tanker was dripping on Fire Lake.

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On August 12, a plume of smoke came out of the fire lake.

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On Aug. 11, fire crews battled Grizzly Creek fires near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

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