Here's where more than 7,500 buildings were destroyed and damaged in California's wine country fires

Oct. 25, 2017 12 AM PT

The wildfires that ripped through Northern California this month destroyed at least 8,400 homes and buildings, according to state officials. Using satellite imagery and data released by Cal Fire, we’ve mapped over 7,500 damaged and destroyed structures. The scope and scale of damage is among some of the worst from wildfires in state history.

The bulk of the destruction can be found in Santa Rosa, where the Tubbs fire ripped through major residential areas on Oct. 8 and 9.

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Priya Krishnakumar

Priya Krishnakumar is a former graphics and data journalist at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she has worked at the Washington Post, Patch Media and Northwestern University’s Knight Lab. She’s a Northern California native and graduated from Northwestern University in 2014 with a degree in journalism. She also refuses to stop talking about how amazing the weather is in L.A.

Joe Fox

Joe Fox is a former graphics and data journalist at the Los Angeles Times; he left in 2018. Previously, he worked at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska. His interests include tacos, baseball, computer-generated art and Twitter bots. Fox is a Cleveland native and attended Ohio University.