In Photos: Destructive Wildfires Across the State of California

A large pyrocumulus cloud (or fire cloud) explodes upward during the Carr Fire near Redding, California.

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Flames from the Carr Fire burn through trees along Highway 299 near Whiskeytown, California.

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A helicopter drops water on a burning hillside during the Mendocino Complex fire near Finley, California.

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