At Least 1,400 Homes Destroyed in 2 California Wildfires
The flames are threatening more homes.
— -- The number of homes destroyed by two active Northern California wildfires surpassed 1,400 today, officials said.
In Lake County, the Valley Fire has burned 888 homes, Cal Fire reported. The fire, which covers more than 75,000 acres, is 53 percent contained today, Cal Fire reported.
![PHOTO: The charred remains of a car belonging to Leonard Neft, who has been missing since a wildfire tore through the area and destroyed his home days earlier, sits in the Anderson Springs area Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, near Middletown, Calif.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/AP_car_California_Wildfires_150920_DC_16x9_992.jpg)
In Amador and Calaveras counties, the Butte fire has burned 535 homes, Cal Fire said. The Butte fire, which spans more than 70,000 acres, is 70 percent contained, Cal Fire said.
![PHOTO: The figure sits on a rock wall outside a hillside home destroyed by fire Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Hidden Valley, Calif.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/AP_figure_California_wildfires_150920_DC.jpg)
![PHOTO: MIDDLETOWN, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Chandra Woodhouse feeds her chickens next to the ruins of her house, which burned in the Valley Fire, on September 15, 2015 in Middletown, California.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/Getty_home_California_wildfire_150920_DC.jpg)
The Valley fire and Butte fire are the sixth and seventh most destructive blazes in California's history, Cal Fire reported today.
According to Cal Fire, a total of five deaths were reported from the two fires.
![PHOTO: Burnt chairs stand in front of a swimming pool beside a fire destroyed house after the Valley Fire swept through the town of Middletown, California, on September 16, 2015.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/Getty_California_wildfire_150920_DC_4x3_992.jpg)
Nearly 10,500 firefighters are helping fight the blazes, Cal Fire said.