Among the biggest concerns is the L.N.U. Lightning Complex, which has nearly quadrupled in size over the last two days, growing to 219,067 acres as it stretched across Napa County and four surrounding counties.
The fires in that grouping have destroyed nearly 500 homes and other buildings, many of them in Vacaville, and are responsible for the four civilian deaths as well as four injuries, according to Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency. Firefighters said those blazes are 7 percent contained.
The police in Vacaville, near Sacramento, said on Friday afternoon that people could begin returning to some neighborhoods, but many faced the prospect that their homes might have already been charred by fires that swept along the edges of the city this week.
A third combination of fires known as the C.Z.U. Lightning Complex has forced more than 64,600 people in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties to evacuate, including the entire University of California, Santa Cruz, campus. That group of fires has grown to more than 50,000 acres, consumed at least 50 buildings and is completely uncontained.
The S.C.U. Lightning Complex, which includes about 20 fires, has spread across 229,968 acres — largely in less populous areas — and was 10 percent contained on Friday, Cal Fire said. Its proximity to San Jose had led to some evacuation orders, and two emergency workers and two civilians have been injured.
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