Fast-moving wildfires roar across Napa and Sonoma Valleys, forcing residents to flee

Wildfires ignited on Sunday night and Monday morning in California's prized wine country, advancing with stunning, and potentially deadly, speed across the dry and gusty Napa and Sonoma Valleys. 

Dy air and offshore winds gusting as high as 60 miles per hour fanned the flames, bringing at least one of them to nearly 20,000 acres by early Monday morning. 

According to The San Fransisco Chronicle, the flames have destroyed buildings, and forced hasty evacuations of homes and hospitals.

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Entire neighborhoods, at least two hospitals, and senior centers in northwestern Santa Rosa were reportedly evacuated. As Windsor Fire Chief Jack Piccinini told the publication, Sonoma County is struggling due to a lack of resources needed to fight fires of this magnitude. Read more...

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