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A series of wildfires continue to rage in California, with 16 active sites that have both destroyed property and taken lives. The largest and most destructive is the Carr Fire burning in Shasta and Trinity Counties. Firefighters have contained 20 percent of the Carr Fire, but the remainder continues to burn, leaving eight people dead and thousands evacuated.
This year’s extreme season of wildfire in California, and other western states, has been relentless since late June. Below is a collection of photos from various locations in the state.
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California Wildfires
Firefighter Richard Cotter battles a wildfire on Sunday, June 24, 2018, near Clearlake Oaks, Calif. Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others Sunday as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Water truck at site of the Pawnee fire that spots across Highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., on Sunday, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A firefighter scrambles to stop the Pawnee fire as it spots across Highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., on Sunday, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A firefighter scrambles to stop a wildfire as wind drives embers across Highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., on Sunday, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Smoke from a wildfire rises above sunflowers in Citrona, Calif., Sunday July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A wildfire burns grasses at a livestock ranch in Guinda, Calif., Sunday July 1, 2018. Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles (120 kilometers) south into the San Francisco Bay Area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter drops water on a brush fire that erupted on a mountainside above suburban Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, July 7, 2018. Burbank police ordered evacuations in the Wildwood Canyon area and sent officers door to door in the area. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
California Wildfires
Flames from a wildfire burn down a hillside in unincorporated Mariposa County Calif., near Yosemite National Park on July 15, 2018.. California authorities shut down Yosemite Valley for several days on July 25, while crews tried to stop a stubborn and growing wildfire from spreading into the park. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
California Wildfires
A firefighter hoses down hot spots along Highway 243 on Thursday, July 26, 2018, near Idyllwild, Calif. A fast-moving wildfire tore through trees, burned several homes and forced evacuation orders for an entire mountain town. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
California Wildfires
A structure burns as the Carr Fire tears through Shasta, Calif., Thursday, July 26, 2018. Fueled by high temperatures, wind and low humidity, the blaze destroyed multiple homes and at least one historic building. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Marin County firefighters wait outside the Mercy Medical Center emergency room as an injured crew member receives treatment on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Mark Peterson, who lost his home in the Carr Fire, gives water to goats that survived the blaze on Friday, July 27, 2018, in Redding, Calif. Peterson. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Friends of the Bledsoe family embrace outside of the sheriff's office in Redding, Calif., on Saturday, July 28, 2018, after hearing news of the death of Melody Bledsoe and her great-grandchildren James Roberts, 5, and Emily Roberts, 4, who were killed at their home by an advancing wildfire. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
California Wildfires
Deer graze along a road covered in fire retardant as the Carr Fire burns near Redding, Calif., on Saturday, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
Burned vehicles sit in front of a wildfire-ravaged home, Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
California Wildfires
Capt. Scott Fisher, with the San Bernardino County Fire Department, surveys a wildfire-damaged neighborhood, Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Keswick, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
California Wildfires
A home burns as the River Fire rages near Finley, Calif., on Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
A helicopter drops water as the River Fire rages near Finley, Calif., on Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California Wildfires
An air tanker passes behind a smoke plume while battling the River Fire in Lakeport, Calif., on Monday, July 30, 2018. A pair of wildfires that prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people are barreling toward small lake towns in Northern California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Map of 2018 California wildfires
