California under siege

Number of fires:

There are six wildfires, three considered major, burning throughout the state.

Largest blaze:

The Camp Fire in Butte County, north of the capital city, Sacramento, has become the most destructive fire in state history. It has charred 109,000 acres and is only 25 percent contained. Of the 6,713 structures it has obliterated, 6,453 were residences.

The toll:

The Camp Fire has accounted for 23 fatalities – many of them people killed in their cars – which makes it the third-deadliest wildfire in state history. The Woolsey Fire, which stretches from south of Simi Valley to Malibu, has destroyed 177 structures and caused two deaths.

Evacuations:

About 300,000 people statewide are under evacuation orders, most of them in Southern California.