Photos: Devastating scenes from California fire

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Photos: Devastating scenes from California fire

The charred metal skeleton of a carport and vehicles left by fleeing residents are all that remain of a two-story apartment complex in Middletown, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, after hundreds fled when the Valley Fire burned much of the town. (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

An apartment complex lies in ruins, burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

An apartment complex lies in ruins, burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

A bicycle lies in the ruins of an apartment complex destroyed by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

An apartment complex and a house, in the distance, lies in ruins, burned by the Valley Fire, on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The remains of a bicycle are seen among the ruins of structures burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Firefighters look through the ruins of structures burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

A firefighter hoses down hot spots in the ruins left by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Firefighters look through the ruins of structures burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Hardened drips of melted aluminum extend from a car in the ruins of structures burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Firefighters look through the ruins of structures burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Pigs look for food while wandering a forest burned by the Valley Fire on September 14, 2015 in Middletown, California. The 95-square-mile fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and is only five percent contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Deanna Hingst puts her arms on a massive tree and weeps outside the ashen remains of her family's home after finding the tree singed but apparently still healthy Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Middletown, Calif. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Deanna Hingst, right, embraces her mother Shirley Leuzinger as they stand at the family's destroyed home Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Middletown, Calif. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Joel Miller looks under the remains of the pickup truck of his son-in-law Adam Bailey, right, next to the still smoldering remains of Bailey's home Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Cobb, Calif. Bailey escaped the flames with his baby Saturday, just before flre roared through the neighborhood of about two dozen homes. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A home destroyed by a wildfire in downtown Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

Deanna Hingst looks over what remains of her home after it was burned by a wildfire in Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

Deanna Hingst looks over what remains of her home after it was burned by a wildfire in Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

Buildings destroyed by a wildfire in Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

Mike Walton and his wife, Kathy, at the destroyed home of a friend in Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

The remains of a home that was destroyed by a wildfire in Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

A car remains in a garage that was destroyed by a wildfire in Middletown, Calif., Sept. 14, 2015. Despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, three major fires have consumed 270,000 acres, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, state officials said. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)

The charred remains of an apartment complex remain that burned from a wildfire tow days earlier stand Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Middletown, Calif. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

This Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, photo shows the remains of Barbara McWilliams' home, according to the The Press Democrat, in the Anderson Springs community in Middletown, Calif. McWilliams was found dead in the ruins of her home that was destroyed by a wildfire according to Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

A storage building with a steeple stands undamaged while surrounded by blackened grasses following a wildfire that tore through the area two days earlier, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, near Middletown, Calif. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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The charred metal skeleton of a carport and vehicles left by fleeing residents are all that remain of a two-story apartment complex in Middletown, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, after hundreds fled when the Valley Fire burned much of the town. (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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