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In pictures: California wildfire nearly quadruples in size

The blaze has killed at least 11 people among them five were found in vehicles that were torched by the flames of a ferocious wildfire.

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A burning sign is seen outside Paradise Skilled Nursing home during the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, US on November 8, 2018.

A wildfire that moved so fast that firefighters couldn't hope to stop it quadrupled in size on Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and levelling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, authorities said.

The blaze has so far killed at least 11 people among them five were found in vehicles that were torched by the flames of a ferocious wildfire.

The fire has grown to nearly 285 sq km.

Paradise is 289km northeast of San Francisco.

The director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Mark Ghilarducci said the magnitude of the destruction is unbelievable and heartbreaking.

Reuters

A home burns during a wildfire that claimed dozens of homes in Thousand Oaks, California

Officials said fires across California have forced 157,000 people from their homes.

Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people in the scenic area in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, including some residents of Chico, population 93,000, near Paradise.

AP

Medical personnel evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns while the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, California.

Fanned by strong winds, the so-called "Camp Fire" has burned 20,000 acres and has not been contained, the California Fire Department (Cal Fire) said.

AP

Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire.

Acting California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to provide assistance to the fire-hit areas.

AP

A charred animal rests on a roadside as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, California.

A Cal Fire spokesman said around 1,000 buildings were believed to have been destroyed in Paradise. Among those evacuated were all of the patients at the Feather River Hospital in Paradise.