this is the coffey park neighborhood. literally, wolf, there is not a home still standing. take a look at this. just devastation as far as the eye can see. we know that more than 20,000 people have been evacuated. we were actually at a couple of shelters. and the need is great. they need clothes. they need toy for children. so many people impacted. from northern to southern california, more than a dozen wildfires still burning out of control. trying to get out of here. we saw it, now it s getting across the road. it s all bad. reporter: 50 miles northwest of san francisco in wine country, flames tore through parts of santa rosa, california. turning cars and subdivisions in ash. we were screaming fire, fire, fire, get out, get out. it just happened so fast. you had time to just run away with nothing. we have cars and harleys and boats and all kinds of stuff all gone. reporter: fast food restaurants, hotels and homes all destroyed.
california. a bright orange ominous glow fills the sky near disney and anaheim. the smoke and flames sparie nothing. before the wildfire, on the right, the building s shell barely standing after flames got to it yesterday. this is just one of 1,500 structures destroyed by these wildfires. i want to go to cnn s dan simon in santa rosa, california. winds to die down? has that happened? reporter: the wipnds have did down, jake. hopefully firefighters will start making some progress with this. it s unbelievable. we re in the coffey park neighborhood. literally, jake, not a single home is standing. ash as far as the eye can see. thousands have been evacuated. we were at a couple of shelters, absolutely packed. they need assistance, jake. clothes, toys for kids. so many have been impacted. from northern to southern california, more than a dozen wildfires still burning out of control. trying to get out of here.
neighborhood, practically nothing. this is the coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa, california. destroyed everything that wasn t steel, concrete or brick. cnn s miguel marquez is live for us in napa. as evacuations expand, are californians heeding the warnings to leave? reporter: they are heeding the warnings, and those warnings are only getting bigger. you were talking about coffey park in santa rosa. that s about 30 miles from where i m standing right here. this is one of 3,500 businesses or homes that have been destroyed across a swath of california from just north of san francisco to the oregon border. i want to give you a sense of what it sounds like as i walk through this stuff. it is terrible the way all of this stuff has been absolutely destroyed. here s the problem, 607 people in sonoma county alone, this is napa county, sonoma county is just over there, 607 people reported missing there. they reported they found 110 so far, but the problem is people had to get out so qui