(CNN) Before and after images are helping show the devastation the Camp Fire had on Paradise, California.

The fire, bigger than the size of Atlanta, is only minimally contained, but it's already the deadliest and most destructive in state history. Forty-two people are dead and over 6,500 homes have burned to the ground.

The day the fire broke out was like any other for Robert Hoffman. He left for work at 6:30 a.m. His daughter stayed home.

Soon, he heard Paradise was being evacuated and he scrambled to get his daughter out. He couldn't get back to her to evacuate her; the roads were blocked.

Luckily, she got out and was able to meet her father in nearby Chico.

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