Scenes from the sky and the ground after wildfires claimed homes, businesses and communities in the West.
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This aerial image taken with a drone shows homes leveled by the Almeda Fire line at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This aerial image taken with a drone shows homes leveled by the Almeda Fire line at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This aerial image taken with a drone shows homes leveled by the Almeda Fire line at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This aerial image taken with a drone shows homes leveled by the Almeda Fire line at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This aerial image taken with a drone, a person searches through the remains of a home leveled by the Almeda Fire at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This aerial image taken with a drone shows homes leveled by the Almeda Fire line at Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
In this aerial photo taken with a drone, fire retardant blankets leveled homes in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
In this photo taken by a drone, mobile homes and cars destroyed by the Almeda Fire line the Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
The Oak Park Motel was destroyed by the flames of the Beachie Creek Fire east of Salem, Ore., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Rob Schumacher/Statesman-Journal via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This photo shows remnants of several homes that were destroyed by the Beachie Creek Fire east of Salem, Ore., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Rob Schumacher/Statesman-Journal via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Flames from the Beachie Creek Fire destroyed the Oregon Department of Forestry, North Cascade District Office in Lyons, Ore., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Rob Schumacher/Statesman-Journal via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Flames from the Beachie Creek Fire melted the aluminum rims on a car near the destroyed Oregon Department of Forestry, North Cascade District Office in Lyons, Ore., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (Rob Schumacher/Statesman-Journal via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Law enforcement and search and rescue workers gather in Talent, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, after the Almeda Fire tore through the area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Keith Davis, a member of Washington Task Force One Search and Rescue squad, directs Asher while conducting operations, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Blue River, Ore., in areas affected by the Holiday Farm Fire. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Blue River, Ore., lies in ruin, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, eight days after the Holiday Farm Fire swept through its business district. More than 300 structures have been destroyed in the fire. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Smoke emanates from the scorched ground in Blue River, Ore., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, eight days after the Holiday Farm Fire swept through its business district. More than 300 structures have been destroyed in the fire. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP, Pool)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Mark Buktenica looks through the rubble of Eden McCarthy's home, destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Mark Buktenica looks through the rubble of Eden McCarthy's home, destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Lights from a firetruck illuminate an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Phoenix, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Rubble remains in an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Desiree Pierce, right, cries as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This photo shows smoke and small fires in a neighborhood in Talent, Ore., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, as destructive wildfires devastate the region. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
A burned residence is seen as destructive wildfires devastate the region on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
A Japanese style statue is seen in a destroyed neighborhood as destructive wildfires devastate the region on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Lexi Sovllios from Talent, Ore., holds her dogs as she looks at the ruins of her burned house in Talent on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, as destructive wildfires devastate the region. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
This photos shows a burned residence in Talent, Ore., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, as destructive wildfires devastate the region. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Jackson County District 5 firefighter Captain Aaron Bustard, right, and Andy Buckingham work on a smoldering fire in a burned neighborhood as destructive wildfires devastate the region on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires
George Coble walks through his property destroyed by a wildfire Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Mill City, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Western Wildfires
Fire damage is seen in Mill City, Ore., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Diminishing winds and rising humidity helped firefighters battling deadly blazes in Oregon and California, but with dozens of people still missing, authorities in both states feared that the receding flames could reveal many more dead across the blackened landscape. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
