It could be weeks before victims of California's wildfires are allowed back into their homes.
41 people have died in the most lethal outbreak of wildfires in the state's history.
More than 100,000 people have been displaced and whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to ash.
Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano is warning that those living in homes which are burned will have to wait to return.
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