<br /> <p>California’s deadly Carr Fire had destroyed 500 buildings – including homes – and damaged 75 by the evening of July 27 as it grew to more than 48,000 acres, officials said</a>.</p><p>By July 27, two people – a firefighter and a bulldozer operator</a> – reportedly died fighting the fire</a>. One of them was identified by</a> the Redding firefighters’ union as fire inspector Jeremy Stoke.</p><p>This video, which shows burned houses and vehicles on one side of a street in Redding in the wake of the Carr Fire, was filmed when emergency crews temporarily allowed residents to return, Twitter user @TheCoffeeJesus told Storyful.</p><p>More than 20,000 residents of Redding fled their homes on July 26 and July 27 to escape the Carr Fire, which has killed two people and injured three firefighters.</p><p>Evacuations were ordered</a> in Shasta County, California, on the evening of July 26. Cal Fire ordered additional evacuations</a> around 2:30am on July 27 for all of Shasta Lake City, Summit City, Shasta Dam Boulevard and the Shasta Dam Visitor Center.</p><p>The cause of the fire was reported</a> as a vehicle malfunction on Monday, July 23. Credit: The Coffee Jesus via Storyful</p><br />
