Drone video shows devastation of the Carr fire near Redding

The Sacramento Bee video is eerily similar to one posted after October's firestorm in Santa Rosa.|
PRESS DEMOCRAT STAFF
BY PRESS DEMOCRAT STAFF

A drone video posted by the Sacramento Bee showing the devastation after the Carr fire roared through Shasta County is eerily similar to one posted after last year's firestorm roared through Santa Rosa's Coffey Park neighborhood and other parts of Sonoma County and surrounding areas.

The Bee's video by Randall Benton, posted Aug. 4, shows the town of Keswick and a nearby neighborhood that was destroyed by the wildfire.

Several comments on the video refer to last year's fatal firestorm, that killed a total of 44 people in Northern California and destroyed more than 6,400 homes. "Look familiar, folks?!," wrote user Dolphin Dream, "Just like Santa Rosa. Huge fire vortex," wrote user John Flinn.

As of Aug. 13, the Carr fire has burned more than 202,000 acres, destroyed 1,077 residences and killed at least seven people.

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