Destroying the land and leaving some people with no homes, and others with no families and pets, wildfires have continued to spread throughout Northern California.

Starting in The wine countries of Sonoma, and Napa, plus neighboring areas, the fires made their way around Northern California, hitting other cities such as, Santa Rosa, Calistoga, Dry Creek Canyon, Glen Allen, Geyserville, and many more small cities in northern California. The massive fires have continued to spread, with an unknown cause.

Getting larger and putting more people in danger, around 15,000 residents were forced to evacuate their neighborhoods, and 7,000 homes and structures were destroyed, with the number continuing to rise.

More than a dozen wildfires have been burning across Northern California, and one being blamed for 42 deaths, according to The Atlantic News. And more than 600 people are still missing according to CNN News.

Lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Sabrina Seay shares how shocked she was by these fires, and the outcome of them.

“I was on a trip in Salt Lake City for two weeks, and when I returned, it looked like I was coming home to a whole new place,” Seay says. “Trees, houses, and buildings were burnt right to the ground and everything looked destroyed.”

Sources such as The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Post, told a story of a couple whose house was burning down in the fire, along with their neighborhood and everything around them. With nowhere to escape to or hide, they remembered their neighbors had a pool. So, with the little time they had to spare, they went over into the freezing cold pool, and managed to stay there and survive for six hours while everything around them was burning to the ground.

Many of the fires are still burning, while others are finally contained.

Firefighters continue to battle a blaze further south in the Santa Cruz Mountains, that started Monday night, on October 16th. As Mercury News explained.

New resident of San Diego, California, Melody Silvera has just moved down to there this past week. So Triton Voice asked her about how it was arriving to her new home with fires still burning in parts the state.

“I have been looking forward to moving back to this sunshine state ever since I left, so arriving right after this tragic event has just happened was pretty hard to see, but I’m not going to let that ruin the adventure I have yet to come.” Silvera also says how hard it is to see what people are going through.

“I have seen people on the sides of the roads, struggling because they no longer have homes, and to think that this much damage was done to this beautiful state is so upsetting.”

As some people try to think positively through this devastating disaster, others are losing hope quick.

These unstoppable fires have ruined people’s families and homes, as Santa Rosa, California resident Renee Heimann tells us.

“Throughout my time living in the state, this is probably the biggest and most dangerous fires I have seen. They just don’t stop, and it’s horrible to see people’s houses and everything around you just disappear.” As Heimann goes on to explain, “my young children always ask me why some of the buildings are gone, and it breaks my heart.”

As for the land that was destroyed, and the families whose houses were burned down, there are open shelters all over California because of how many people have no places to go.

More than half the state was majorly affected by these wildfires, with an unknown cause of them.

There is even a health alert due to the fires. Everyone may experience more serious health effects because of this warning of emergency condition. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

Over 245,000 acres have been burned, as 11,000 firefighters are fighting the 12 large fires.

This is California’s deadliest wildfire yet.