Wildfires torch California wine country leaving 17 dead

The death toll from some of California's worst ever wildfires rose to 17 as thousands of firefighters battled Wednesday to bring the infernos under control. The fires which have devastated California's wine country are already among the deadliest ever in the western US state and officials warned they expect the toll to go up. Sonoma County, where 11 deaths have been reported, has been among the hardest hit with entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes in the city of Santa Rosa, the county seat of 175,000 people.

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