California's Tubbs fire – then and now

The Tubbs fire is thought to have been sparked by power lines toppled by gale-force gusts and fanned by hot, dry “Diablo” winds that blew into northern California toward the Pacific. In addition to high winds, the fire was stoked by an abundance of thick brush left tinder-dry by a hot summer.

2017: Firefighters attend a damaged property at the Journey’s End mobile home park in Santa Rosa

2018: The road has been cleared, but the burned home still stands

2017: The fire rages next to burned-out cars

2018: The Santa Rosa parking lot stands desolate

2017: A street name is painted on Sumatra Drive in the Coffey Park neighbourhood

2018: The area has been cleared and construction work has begun

2017: Burned-out cars and firefighting equipment litter the scene

2018: A digger works next to a newly constructed house

2017: Smoke rises from the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country hotel

2018: The sign has survived, but the hotel remains closed

2017: Fireplaces and chimneys are all that remain of homes in the Coffey Park neighbourhood

2018: Newly built houses begin to rise

2017: Smoke rises from a scene of devastation

2018: Construction work is under way as the area is rebuilt