
About 60 people remain unaccounted for in the California counties of Napa and Sonoma more than a week after deadly wildfires started in the US state.

Wildfires have raced toward wineries and the historic town of Sonoma in northern California, chasing hundreds more people from their homes and threatening to roll back firefighters’ modest gains against fires that stretched across a 100-mile swath of the US state.

Teams with dogs have begun a grim search for more dead in parts of California wine country devastated by wildfires.

Search-and-rescue teams have started looking for bodies in parts of California wine country devastated by wildfires as the death toll reached 26.

UFC flyweight contender Henry Cejudo has confirmed he remains on track to fight at UFC 218 in December despite suffering burns to his foot in the deadly wildfires in California.

Wildfires tearing through California's wine country flared up on Wednesday as authorities raised the death toll to 17 and warned the number is expected to rise.

The blazes have also left at least 180 people injured and have destroyed more than 2,000 homes and businesses.

More than 100 people have been reported missing in one county in Northern California as wildfires ravage the state.

California wildfires are spreading quickly, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a summer camp where flames temporarily trapped children.