Grizzly Flats: the California town leveled by the Caldor fire – in pictures
Houses were reduced to piles of ash and cars to twisted metal as the blaze rushed through the El Dorado county town
Main image: The frames of chairs and the chimney are the only things left at the Grizzly Flats community church. Photograph: Sara Nevis/APWed 18 Aug 2021 21.15 BST Last modified on Wed 18 Aug 2021 22.22 BST
Nearly a dozen scorched vehicles destroyed by the Caldor fire abandoned along Evergreen Drive. Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterFew homes were left standing in Grizzly Flats, a town of about 1,200 people. Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA charred pickup truck whose wheels melted in the blaze. Photograph: Peter DaSilva/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWhole neighborhoods were destroyed by the Caldor fire, which raced through Grizzly Flats on Tuesday. Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe destruction in Grizzly Flats came as dangerously dry and windy weather continued to fuel huge blazes across the American west. Photograph: Fred Greaves/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe Caldor fire spread quickly Tuesday night, burning through more than 53,000 acres. Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWalter Tyler elementary school was just one of several buildings destroyed by the blaze. Photograph: Paul Kitagaki Jr/Sacramento Bee/Zuma Press/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe frames of chairs and the chimney are the only things left at the Grizzly Flats community church. Photograph: Sara Nevis/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDeer wander in Grizzly Flats after the fire on Tuesday. Photograph: Peter DaSilva/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA hog runs through a wooded area of Grizzly Flats that has been reduced to ashes. Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterMore burned vehicles after the Caldor fire swept through town. Photograph: Peter DaSilva/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterFred Batten looks at debris after the Caldor Fire overran the El Dorado county town of Grizzly Flats. Photograph: Fred Greaves/Reuters
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