Fast-moving wildfires still raging across Northern California’s wine country had killed 15 people Air Jordan 11 Retro Win Like 82 Midnight Navy Australia , left some 150 missing and destroyed 1,500 homes, wineries and other structures as of Tuesday afternoon, state fire officials said.
The flames from 17 major blazes have blackened more than 115,000 acres (46,500 hectares) since fires broke out on Sunday amid hot, dry conditions and high winds.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said nine of the fatalities were in its jurisdiction Air Jordan 11 GS Heiress Velvet Night Maroon Burgundy Shoes Australia , where 155 people were still missing, although 45 others had been found and some of those unaccounted for may be due to confusion surrounding evacuations.
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In Napa County, the dead included 100-year-old Charles Rippey and his wife Sarah Rippey, 98, according to the county sheriff’s office. No other details on that incident or the other fatalities were immediately available.
On Tuesday crews took advantage of cooler temperatures, lower winds and coastal fog to make headway against the fires but cautioned that homes Grade School's Air Jordan 11 Retro Triple Black Shoes Australia , wineries and other structures remained at risk.
“We need to jump on it and take advantage of this lull before any other wind jumps up,” said Steve Crawford, a CAL FIRE operations chief, at an afternoon briefing. “There’s a lot of devastation out there, people running around who just lost everything”.
North of San Francisco, the fires reduced houses to ashes in several communities. The city of Santa Rosa was particularly hard hit by the so-called Tubbs Fire, which damaged a Hilton hotel and destroyed a mobile home park.
A residential neighborhood destroyed by the Tubbs Fire is seen along Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa Women's Air Jordan 11 Low Pink White Shoes Australia , California, U.S., October 10, 2017. REUTERSStephen Lam
Tens of thousands of residents were forced to flee, as schools closed and at least two hospitals in Sonoma County were temporarily shuttered.
Napa Valley Vintners, a trade group with 550 members, said it was too early to estimate the economic impact of the fires. At least four wineries had suffered “total or very significant losses Men's Air Jordan 11 Low Black Gamma Blue Shoes Australia ,” and at least nine others reported damage to their winery, outbuildings or surrounding vineyards, the group