Firefighters hose down a hot spot Tuesday in the rubble of a home that was destroyed by a wildfire in Weed, California.

In just a few hours, wind-driven flames destroyed or damaged 150 structures, a sawmill and a church. At times, the fire moved so fast that residents had only a few minutes to get out of the way.

“At the peak, essentially the entire town was evacuated,” state fire spokesman Robert Foxworthy said.

Disastrous as the fire was for the community of 3,000 people, daybreak brought gratitude and relief that there were no reports of death or even serious injuries.