Geyserville, California (CNN) Two thousand Northern California residents remain under evacuation orders Friday as firefighters battle the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County.

The blaze had scorched 23,700 acres as of Friday evening and destroyed at least 49 buildings, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire.

Among the evacuees was Healdsburg resident Jason Montgomery, who sought refuge at a shelter. On Thursday night, he said, he could see the fire from his bedroom.

"People are bugging out because this happened two years ago and it was a pretty traumatic experience for everybody," he said, a referring to Tubbs Fire , which destroyed more than 5,600 structures in Sonoma County after breaking out in October 2017.

He wore a T-shirt that read, "Rest in Paradise," an homage to the California town destroyed last year by another wildfire, the Camp Fire. Montgomery said his father lost his home in that blaze, and he's learned to accept they might be inevitable.