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A home burns in Paradise, California.

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California battles deadly wildfires in north and south

As wildfires raged at both ends of California, more than 8,000 fire crews battled wildfires that have scorched 400 square miles statewide.

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Members of the California Army National Guard search a property for human remains at the Camp Fire in Paradise, Northern California, on Nov. 14, 2018. 

Belated warnings from public officials and the reluctance of residents who had survived previous fires to leave home were among the factors that contributed to the delayed and chaotic evacuation in what has become the deadliest wildfire in California history, survivors said.

 

 

— John Locher / AP
Image: Forensic investigators search a community swimming pool for victims of the Camp Fire in Paradise

Forensic investigators search a community swimming pool for victims of the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 13.

Most of the attention following the wildfire has focused on the search for dozens of people still missing and the possibility that power equipment belonging to the electric utility PG&E may have sparked the fire. But a few residents have begun to ask why notice did not get out to more people about the fire.

— Noel Randewich / Reuters
A mountain is seen through charred window frames of a mansion burned down by the Woolsey Fire

A mountain is seen through charred window frames of a mansion burned down by the Woolsey Fire in Agoura Hills on Nov. 13.

The Woolsey fire in Southern California broke out Nov. 8 and quickly became one of the largest and most destructive in state history.

— Jae C. Hong / AP
A children's toy destroyed by the Camp Fire is seen in Paradise

A toy destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 13.

— Terray Sylvester / Reuters
A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, California, on Nov. 12, 2018.

A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley on Nov. 12.

— Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP
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Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line a development on Edgewood Lane in Paradise on Nov. 12. 

— Noah Berger / AP
A firefighter inspects the remains of a beachside luxury home along the Pacific Coast Highway community of Point Dume in Malibu on Nov. 11.

A firefighter inspects the remains of a beachside luxury home along the Pacific Coast Highway community of Point Dume in Malibu on Nov. 11.

 

— Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images
Image: The burnt wreckage of a vehicle and debris are seen in the aftermath of the Woolsey fire in Malibu, Southern California

The burned wreckage of a vehicle sits amid debris in Malibu on Nov. 11.

— Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
Image: Firefighters battle a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp

Firefighters battle a blaze at the Salvation Army Camp on Nov. 10 in Malibu. 

— Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images
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The Camp Fire burns along a ridgetop near Big Bend on Nov. 10. 

 

 

— Noah Berger / AP
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Krystin Harvey, left, comforts her daughter Araya Cipollini at the remains of their home burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 10.

— John Locher / AP
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Araya Cipollini, 19, holds on to her dog T.J. near the burned remnants of her neighbor’s home in Paradise on Nov. 10.

— John Locher / AP
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A horse is spooked as the Woolsey Fire moves through a property in Agoura Hills on Nov. 9.

— Matthew Simmons / Getty Images
Image: Fast-Spreading Hill Fire Forces Evacuations In California's Ventura County

Embers falls from burning palms and the sun is obscured by smoke as flames close in on a house at the Woolsey Fire in Malibu on on Nov. 9.

— David McNew / Getty Images
Image: A man watches as the Woolsey Fire reaches the ocean along Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1) near Malibu, California, Nov. 9, 2018

The Woolsey Fire reaches the ocean along the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu on Nov. 9. 

— Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty Images
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A shortwave infrared satellite image of the Camp Fire in Magalia on Nov. 9.

— DigitalGlobe via Reuters
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Firefighters work on a controlled burn at a wildfire in Magalia on Nov. 9.

— John Locher / AP
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Abandoned cars from fleeing residents of the Magalia and Paradise Pine area, line Skyway road the day after the start of the Camp Fire that continues to burn out of control through the region, fueled by high winds in Butte County on Nov. 9.

— Peter Dasilva / EPA
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Roger Bloxberg and his wife Anne hug as they watch a wildfire on a hill top near their home in West Hills on Nov. 9.

— Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP
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Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise on Nov. 9.

— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
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Abandoned vehicles sit at a car lot in Paradise on Nov. 9.

— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
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Flames continue to burn through the Paradise Pines neighborhood of Magalia on Nov. 9.

— Peter Dasilva / EPA
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The walls of a scorched antique shop stand on Skyway road after a wildfire burned through Paradise on Nov. 9.

— Noah Berger / AP
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Officer Randy Law tends to a rescued horse rescued as a wildfire burns in Paradise, California on Nov. 9.

— Noah Berger / AP
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A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a burning home on Nov. 9 in Magalia.

— Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
A plume of smoke blankets the sky in Paradise, California.

A plume of smoke blankets the sky in Paradise on Nov. 8.

— Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
Vehicles and homes burn as the Camp fire blazes through Paradise, California

Vehicles and homes burn as the Camp Fire blazes through Paradise on Nov. 8.

— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
Embers blow as the fire engulfs a KFC restaurant in Paradise, California.

Embers blow as the fire engulfs a KFC restaurant in Paradise on Nov. 8.

— Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
A hospital worker embraces her co-worker as they evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital in Paradise, California, on Nov. 8, 2018.

A hospital worker embraces her co-worker as they evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital in Paradise on Nov. 8.

— Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
A home burns in Paradise, California.

A home burns as the Camp Fire moves through the area on Nov. 8 in Paradise.

Residents of Paradise, which is 90 miles north of Sacramento, were told to evacuate on Thursday morning.

— Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
Medical personnel evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital.

Medical personnel evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital on Nov. 8 in Paradise.

— Noah Berger / AP
The rapidly spreading fire burns through a store. Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom called a state of emergency in Butte County.

The rapidly spreading fire burns through a store in Paradise on Nov. 8.

Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom called a state of emergency in Butte County.

— Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images
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Flames burn inside a van as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise on Nov. 8.

— Noah Berger / AP
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