‘Gutting experience’: California fire evacuees begin to return home to assess the damage

As Cal Fire gains footing on blazes across the northern part of the state, many residents are realizing they have no home to return toAs firefighters continued beating back the huge fires burning through northern California, thousands of evacuees began to return home.Many residents across the region face uncertain, unsettling days ahead as officials assess damage from the blazes, which have killed at least seven people, scorched more than 1.2m acres and destroyed nearly 2,000 homes and structure