Wildfires leave chimneys, charred appliances in their wake

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- The flames that raced across California wine country left little more than smoldering ashes and eye-stinging smoke in their wake. House after house was gone, with only brick chimneys and charred laundry machines to mark sites that were once family homes.

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