20,000 flee as winds whip up wildfires in California wine country

More than a dozen wildfires whipped by powerful winds have swept through California wine country, destroying at least 1,500 homes and businesses and sending about 20,000 people fleeing for safety.

The state's fire chief called the damage estimates conservative and said the fires were burning throughout an eight-county stretch of northern California, including Napa, Sonoma and Yuba.