Death, destruction mount in Northern California wildfires
The death toll in the wildfires roaring at high speeds across Northern California has reached 23, with 30,000 buildings and five vineyards destroyed.
Among the dead: a 100-year-old World War II veteran, Charlie Rippey, and his 98-year-old wife, Sara. News sources say the Rippeys were unable to evacuate quickly enough from the home they’d lived in for 40 years.