City hall, where the fire department's district office is based, was one of many buildings that burned down.
"Our primary focus is protecting the structures that are still standing," the officials said on their Facebook page. "Several of our firefighters have also lost their homes. They are working through their own losses while also fighting to protect homes still intact."
Resident Elizabeth Smith lost everything in the wildfires.
"Our homes are absolutely destroyed. I've seen a few videos and photos and my lovely little house that we remodeled 12 years ago in this beautiful canyon area is absolutely flattened. It looks as though a bomb went off," Smith told CNN affiliate KATU-TV.
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