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California wildfires: Satellite images of Camp, Hill, Woolsey fires
California is still burning.
As of Monday, three major wildfires — the Camp, Hill, and Woolsey fires — have killed dozens of people and scorched hundreds of thousands of acres of forests and infrastructure.
Firefighters are struggling to contain the biggest blazes.
The Camp Fire, which is located north of Sacramento, quickly burned the entire town of Paradise to the ground. It’s now California’s most destructive wildfire in terms of structures destroyed, and is one of the state’s deadliest blazes ever. Parts of the beach community Malibu went up in flames in the Woolsey Fire, sending Hollywood actors and actresses running for safety.
So far, these two rapidly evolving disasters has left at least 31 people dead, some of whom were killed while trying to escape in cars.
Satellites owned by NASA and commercial companies such as DigitalGlobe are recording images of the fires from space. These photos provide an incredible view of how large and intense the fires are, and how quickly they’ve grown.
Here are some of the best satellite pictures of the fires so far.
The gusts helped spread the Camp Fire. As of Monday, that fast-burning blaze had burned more than 6,400 homes, making it the most destructive wildfire in California history.
Sources: Business Insider, CalFire
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