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Incredible Aerial Images of Northern California's Carr Fire

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The City of Redding worked in collaboration with UAV pilots from Menlo Park Fire District, Alameda County Sheriff, Contra Costa Sheriff, and other agencies to capture and assess the damage from recent wildfires. (City of Redding)

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The City of Redding worked in collaboration with UAV pilots from Menlo Park Fire District, Alameda County Sheriff, Contra Costa Sheriff, and other agencies to capture and assess the damage from recent wildfires. (City of Redding)

The city of Redding, California, has released drone footage taken from above the charred aftermath of the Carr Fire, which burned hundreds of homes and killed at least eight people in the city of 90,000.

The above aerial photos show burned forests and destroyed homes after the aggressive wildfire moved through residential areas. In some cases, homeowners fled with just minutes to spare as fire crews abandoned firefighting duties to help get residents out of the fire's path.

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Some of these images also show just how hard firefighters had to work to keep homes from burning. In many cases, they lost the battle, but they were able to salvage countless homes using tactics that pushed the flames into uninhabited areas and away from dwellings.

As of Saturday, the Carr Fire had burned more than 290 square miles – an area larger than the city of Chicago – and was 55 percent contained.