California Wildfires: 2 dead, 500 homes destroyed as wildfire threatens Redding

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A fast-moving wildfire is spreading across Northern California, burning everything in its path including an entire neighborhood. Mass evacuations are underway as it inches towards the city of Redding.

Flames swirling in high winds and hot temperatures, wreaking havoc on the Northern California landscape. The aptly-named Carr Fire, which officials say was first sparked by a vehicle, has ravaged the region since Monday, doubling in size over the course of the week, and it is still growing.

Deadly and out of control, it has charred some 45 thousand acres and dozens of structures as firefighters try to contain it.

Neighborhoods scorched as smoke and fire climb through hills fueled by the dry landscape.

DOMINIC GALVIN "No idea what we're going to do tomorrow- hell we don't know what we're going to do tonight."

Dominic Galvin and his wife Sylvia never imagined they'd see their house like this.

DOMINIC GALVIN "We didn't think the fire was going to come here, so we didn't take things out, like everyone else that was scrambling at the last minute when we saw fire on the ridge."

Officials say extreme temperatures are expected in the forecast and will only continue to make this fire all the more worrisome. It is one of three major blazes burning across the state, and one of 88 across the country.

JONATHAN COX FIRE FIGHTER "This is that new normal. The unpredictability. The large explosive growth fires."

Leaving firefighters working to control the flames and limit the damage as residents race against the clock to evacuate their homes.