WATCH: Brave sheriff's deputy drives through advancing California wildfire

Wildfires tearing through California's wine country flared up on Wednesday as authorities raised the death toll to 17 and warned the number is expected to rise.

WATCH: Brave sheriff's deputy drives through advancing California wildfire

Wildfires tearing through California's wine country flared up on Wednesday as authorities raised the death toll to 17 and warned the number is expected to rise.

At least 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed since the wildfires started on Sunday, making them the third-most deadly and destructive blazes in state history.

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