Some of the worst fires in the state's history are raging right now in California wine country.
2000 homes (!!) have been destroyed, mostly in the cities of Santa Rosa and Napa.
17 have died, but 180 more people are "unaccounted for", and presumably some will be found dead.
Entire neighborhoods have been wiped out.
Two of the dead were a couple aged 98 and 100, who lived near Napa. Presumably they were too old and/or slow to escape quickly enough.
Mary Beth (Hollywood Dave's ex) posted on Facebook that her home almost was destroyed, but that they lucked out and the fire stopped down the street. Their dog was trapped in the house due to evacuation orders which were given while they were gone.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/us/cal...apa/index.html
Here's an image of the fires from a plane: