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This undated photo shows Dorothy Herrera of Paradise, Calif., who went missing as a wildfire destroyed her hometown, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. A fast-moving wildfire that ravaged a Northern California town Thursday, sent residents racing to escape on roads that turned into tunnels of fire as thick smoke darkened the daytime sky. Kelly Lee called shelters looking for her husband’s 93-year-old grandmother, Herrera, who was last heard from on Thursday morning. (Kelly Lee via AP)

This undated photo shows Dorothy Herrera of Paradise, Calif., who went missing as a wildfire destroyed her hometown, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. A fast-moving wildfire that ravaged a Northern California town Thursday, sent residents racing to escape on roads that turned into tunnels of fire as thick smoke darkened the daytime sky. Kelly Lee called shelters looking for her husband’s 93-year-old grandmother, Herrera, who was last heard from on Thursday morning. (Kelly Lee via…

November 9, 2018

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California wildfire incinerates town
November 9, 2018 1:17 p.m.

California wildfire incinerates town

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday.