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An entire neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California, was leveled after a massive wildfire incinerated swaths of wine country early this week.
Nearly two dozen fires, whipped by powerful winds, blew through Napa, Sonoma, and elsewhere on Monday morning. The blaze torched at least 3,500 homes, businesses, and other structures. The situation is being called one of the deadliest firestorms in state history.
Santa Rosa was among the cities hit the hardest. The neighborhood of Coffey Park — a small, close-knit community made up of single-family homes — has been reduced to rubble.
Thse photos show the scale of the destruction.
Here's what Coffey Park looks like on Google Earth.Google EarthAn aerial photo taken on Monday shows the devastation left behind.California Highway Patrol/Golden Gate Division via Reuters
As the hot zones cool and smoke clears, residents have begun to return to Coffey Park.Associated Press
"It looks like a bomb went off," said one resident. "A nuke bomb," added her husband.Associated Press
Source: New York Times
Coffey Park has been described as a "little slice of the American dream," where a vibrant mix of Latinos, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Indians, and white people lived in modest homes.Associated Press
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