Photos: Kincade and Dorsey Fires

Wildfire photos from Oct. 27

 

Firefighters battle a wildfire called the Kincade Fire on Chalk Hill Road in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

 

SANTA ROSA, California (AP) — With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California’s governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday. Meanwhile, millions of residents remained without power after the state’s largest utility cut electricity as a precaution to prevent more areas from igniting.

Firefighters spray water on a spot fire at a home during the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A firefighter protects a home from a spot fire during the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Firefighters suppress a spot fire next to homes during the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A firefighter sprays water on a spot fire at a home during the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Firefighters battle a wildfire called the Kincade Fire on Chalk Hill Road in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters confer while trying to stop the Kincade Fire on Chalk Hill Rd. in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter battles a wildfire called the Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California’s governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter checks on a homeless encampment in the path of a wildfire called the Dorsey Fire in Grass Valley, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

A firefighters gets water on a spot fire of a wildfire called the Dorsey Fire in Grass Valley, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

A Grass Valley firefighter awaits water to help extinguish a spot fire of a wildfire called the Dorsey Fire in Grass Valley, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

A firefighter sprays water toward trees as crews work to control the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A firefighter sprays water toward trees as crews work to control the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A firefighter sprays water toward trees as crews work to control the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A firefighter pulls a hose as crews work to control the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Firefighters man their engines ensuring that water is flowing to the firefighters on the frontlines of a wildfire called the Dorsey Fire in Grass Valley, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

A firefighter battles a wildfire called the Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter pulls a hose as crews work to control the Kincade Fire on Vinecrest Road in Windsor, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

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Wildfire photos from Oct. 27     SANTA ROSA, California (AP) — With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California’s governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday. Meanwhile, millions of residents remained without power after the state’s largest utility cut electricity as a precaution to […]

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