California Doctor Loses 2 Homes In Wildfires

CALIFORNIA -- A California doctor had to endure the lost of two homes this year during the worst wildfire season in the state's history. Antonio Wong, an anesthesiologist, told CNN he lost his Santa Rosa home in October and his Ventura home just last week.

The city of Santa Rosa lost 3,000 homes in October when four wildfires scorched through Northern California. Last week, six wildfires burned through Southern California with the Thomas Fire — the fifth largest wildfire in the state's history — still burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Ventura officials estimate that more than 400 homes were destroyed in the city.

Wong told CNN: ""It was pretty devastating. It didn't seem like I could lose two houses in two separate fires only two months apart."

Wong said he bought his Ventura home in 2003 before moving out of the state. In 2016, he and his wife returned to California and purchased a home in Santa Rosa. They currently live in a rental property in the Northern California city.

--Photo: Homes scorched by a wildfire line a hillside in Ventura, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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