How to help victims of the Valley Fire where you liveDamage assessment teams are still working in the area, and the number of affected structures may increase by several hundred as more information becomes available, firefighters said.

Two nearby communities are under evacuation as the fire has burned 1,200 acres so far and is only 10% contained, according to the state wildfire fighting agency, CalFire.

The fire charred a firefighter’s home, the Sentinal reported. “My parent’s house, right below me, it burned down. And my neighbours up on top, their place is burned down”.

“It just went so damn fast”, he told the Sentinel.

The Tassajara fire started Saturday afternoon in Northern California, and has already has killed one person and destroyed 10 homes.

The Valley Fire and the Butte Fire together have destroyed more than a thousand homes.

Lake County residents from Middle Town were allowed to go home Saturday, according to Cal Fire.

Teams have completed about 80 percent of damage assessment, focusing largely on homes, Berlant said. The Oakland Hills Fire in October 1991 resulted in 25 deaths, destroyed 2,900 structures and is considered the worst blaze in state history.

A second large blaze – dubbed the Butte Fire – is threatening another 6,400 structures about 170 miles southeast in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The blazes have forced thousands to flee their homes.

Residents of Middletown, the area hardest hit by a massive wildfire in California, are being allowed to return home Saturday afternoon.

Evacuation centers remain open at Grace Church in Kelseyville, the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga, the Highland Senior Center in Clearlake, and the Twin Pine Casino in Middletown.

The fire is burning in Amador and Calaveras counties.

Mandatory evacuations have been put in place in parts of Monterey County for people who live on Tassajara Road from Carmel Valley Road to Cachagua Road.

Heat was descending again on the two deadly and destructive northern California wildfires after a few days of fair and favorable conditions, and it brought with it fears the blazes could come back to life and major gains could be undone.

That makes it essential that the smoldering remains of the two giant blazes be dealt with as quickly and thoroughly as possible, said Scott Mclean, a battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.