Gold Fidge firefighters use a deck gun to protect structures …

AP | published: October 10, 2017

Gold Fidge firefighters use a deck gun to protect structures in Coffey Park in Santa Rosa, Calif., Monday Oct. 9, 2017. More than a dozen wildfires whipped by powerful winds been burning though California wine country. The flames have destroyed at least 1,500 homes and businesses and sent thousands of people fleeing. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)