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More than 250,000 Sacramento and, in southern California, the Hollywood resort town of Malibu.
So far, all nine fatalities were reported in the town of Paradise, in Butte County, where more than 6,700 buildings – most of them residences – have been consumed by the late-season inferno, which is now California's most destructive fire on record.
"The magnitude of destruction is really unbelievable and heartbreaking," said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Office of Emergency Services.
Governor-elect Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to the hardest-hit areas in the fire-prone state.
The fast-moving blaze in the north, which authorities named "Camp Fire," broke out early Thursday.
Fanned by strong winds, 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) and is 20 percent contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said Saturday. So far, three of the more than 3,200 firefighters have been injured.
They estimate they will need to be fully integrated into the blaze.
Butte County Sheriff Korey Honea said the people were found dead in the Paradise area, while another was found nearby. Three more were found outside a residence, and one inside a house. Dozens of other people were reported missing.
Local authoritative authorities have told the authorities that the fire has been erupted, The Sacramento Bee reported, but there is still no official cause of the Camp Blaze.
President Donald Trump, who was in France for World War I commemorations, drew criticism online for his somewhat unsympathetic reaction to devastation.
"There is no reason for these mbadive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor," Trump tweeted Saturday.
"Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests.
There is no reason for these mbadive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is … https://t.co/k5gzPlaT4E
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1541837332000 [19659013] In southern California, more wildfires burned in Los Angeles and another in Ventura County near Thousand Oaks, where the Marine Corps veteran shot dead 12 people in a country music bar on Wednesday.
Authorities said some 200,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders, including the entire city of Malibu.
The "Woolsey Fire" had consumed around 35,000 acres and was so far not contained, the Ventura County Fire Department said, adding that evacuation orders were issued for some 88,000 homes in the county and neighboring Los Angeles County.
"said Malibu resident resident Patrick Henry," We heard this was coming down the sprinklers and we're hosing the house down. "We had enough time to get the dogs in the trunk."
Malibu is one of the most in-demand rentals in California for stars seeking privacy and luxury.
Reality star TV Kim Kardashian West, who lives just north of coastal Malibu, revealed she was forced to flee her home.
"I heard the flames hit me at the moment," she said on Twitter. "I just pray the winds are in our favor."
Kincardine Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) 1541803079000
Actor Martin Sheen, briefly reported missing by his actor his Charlie, was also forced to evacuate.
"We're fine, we're at Zuma Beach and we're probably going to sleep in the car tonight," Martin Sheen told Fox News 11, adding that it was the worst fire he had seen in 48 years of living in Malibu.
The wildfire reached Paramount Ranch, destroying the Western Town sets used for hundreds of productions including HBO's sci-fi western "Westworld," officials and the network said.
Director Guillermo del Toro tweeted that Bleak House, his museum of horror movie memorabilia, was also in the path of the flames.
In Paradise, the flames destroyed, a hospital, a gas station, several restaurants and officials said.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for more than 52,000 people in the scenery in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
"The whole lower side of Paradise is totally engulfed in flames right now," Kevin Winstead, a resident of nearby Magalia, told KIEM TV.
"Not one home will be left standing," he said. "I'm devastated."
The National Weather Service said Saturday strong winds and dry conditions were continuing through the weekend.
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