Cal Fire Chief: At Least 1,500 Structures Destroyed By Wind-Whipped Wildfires

SONOMA, Calif. (CBS/AP) — Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through Northern California early Monday, sending residents on a headlong flight to safety through smoke and flames as homes and businesses burned in wine country.
Brown said in his statement that the multiple fires “threatened thousands of homes.”
Mandatory evacuations were ordered in the wine country north of San Francisco Bay and elsewhere after blazes broke out late Sunday, sending many into a middle-of-the