Cal Fire reports Tuesday morning that in the past week, more than 245,000 acres have burned across California. More than 11,000 firefighters continue making progress on 12 large wildfires burning in the state, said Lynne Tolmachoff, Cal Fire spokeswoman, in a release. The Northern California wildfires have killed at least 41 people and destroyed 6,700 homes and businesses and wiped out entire neighborhoods in and around Santa Rosa. State fire Deputy Directory Daniel Berlant said collectively this is the deadliest series of simultaneous fires in the state in recorded history.
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