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Darin Garcia looks at the remains of his home he's lived in for nearly 40 years as he embraces Ashley Alva, Monday Oct. 9, 2017 in the Coffey Park area of Santa Rosa, Calif. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)

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An onslaught of wildfires across a wide swath of Northern California broke out almost simultaneously then grew exponentially, swallowing up properties from wineries to trailer parks and tearing through both tiny rural towns and urban subdivisions.

By By JEFF CHIU and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press October 10, 2017