More than 30 people have died in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. The victims include a couple who recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary, a woman born with a spinal defect who worked to help others despite her own troubles and a woman who died in her husband’s arms as they sought safety in a backyard swimming pool.
A look at some of those who were killed in the blazes:
TIMID AND GIGGLY
At 14, Kai Shepherd was among the youngest victims of the wildfires.
After flames swept over a mountain, the Shepherds had tried to drive down to escape. Their neighbor Paul Hanssen found their two charred vehicles blocking the road, doors still ajar from when they had apparently abandoned them and fled on foot.