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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Camp fire: Paradise/Concow calif 5K
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Town of Paradise under evac orders..sounds like a very dangerous fire. This came through on a Calif fire list I'm on: " Now appx 5K acres, Feather River Hospital surrounded by fire; four sheltered in place in basement. fire on Pentz north of FRH. Opening as many roads as possible to double outbound flow entire Paradise and Magalia mandatory evacs. Butte College is staging area ICP to Dayton x Clark at 4 corners" Prayers going out to all up there. |
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From: Sarah Small, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Paradise/Concow calif 5K
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I'm confused. Jeff's been a pleasant contributor for years, Lives in Lake Almanor yet there is absolutely no mention. Forgive me, but what the heck is going on? |
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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Paradise/Concow calif 5K
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I don't think Lake Almanor has been affected..the "Camp" fire in Butte county has been burning further to the south west. I've not read anything yet that Lake Almanor has been affected. |
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From: Carol, Redding CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Paradise/Concow calif 5K
| To date, 90,000 acres burned, 6713 structures burned (mostly homes),9 people dead and many missing. It has now become the most destructive fire in California history. |
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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Paradise/Concow calif 5K
| Thank you for the update. |
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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Paradise/People abandoning cars and running
URL: https://weather.com/news/news/2018-11-08-northern-california-wildfire-camp-fire-evacuations/
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**Video at link The Butte County Sheriff's Office told the Associated Press that a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the entire town of Paradise, which is home to about 27,000 people and is north of Sacramento. Other towns being evacuated include Centerville and Butte Creek, northwest of Paradise. Officials confirmed to the AP that some residents who attempted to escape the fire in their vehicles were then forced to flee on foot as the flames drew closer. With few options out of Paradise, roads quickly became gridlocked, and abandoned cars left in the middle of the road only made problems worse. "It is pure chaos up here," California Highway Patrol public information officer Ryan Lambert told the Los Angeles Times. Dubbed the Camp Fire, the wildfire fueled by dry, windy conditions quickly spread to more than 12.5 square miles within about six hours and forced the closure of several roads, according to Cal Fire. The fire is 0 percent contained and it's not yet known what sparked it. Evacuations were also ordered in the nearby hamlets of Pulga and Concow. "It’s bad," Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told the Chico Enterprise-Record. "We’re trying to get as many people out as quickly as possible and save as many lives as we can." Feather River Hospital, a retirement home and Ponderosa Elementary School in Paradise were evacuated, the Enterprise-Record also said, and Butte College was closed. The rapid growth of the fire took many residents by surprise. Shary Bernacett said she and her husband "knocked on doors, yelled and screamed" to alert as many of the residents of the mobile home park they manage in Paradise just minutes before the fire arrived, she told the AP. The Bernacetts managed to escape the fire with their dog but had to drive through 12-foot-high flames before reaching safety on Highway 99. (MORE: The Science Behind Santa Ana Winds) At least 24,000 homes and businesses, or about half of all customers, are without power in Butte County, according to PowerOutage.us. Those who have safely fled the wildfire were asked to register on the American Red Cross's Safe and Well page to let friends and family know they successfully evacuated. Much of the state is under red flag warnings. Winds will climb through the day, said weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Belles. Sustained winds from the east will increase to about 30 to 35 mph with higher winds in the prone canyons. Some isolated wind gusts might reach 60 mph Thursday evening or overnight. |
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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Butte County wildfire grows to 70,000 acres
URL: https://www.kcra.com/article/butte-county-wildfire-grows-to-70k-acres/24838602
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ARADISE, Calif. (KCRA) — Tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes Thursday as a destructive wildfire continued to grow in Butte County, prompting more evacuation orders. The fire, called the Camp Fire, has destroyed several hundred structures -- including homes and businesses -- in Paradise, threatens 15,000 other structures and has injured multiple people. "Pretty much the community of Paradise is destroyed, it's that kind of devastation," Cal Fire Capt. Scott McLean said late Thursday. "The wind that was predicted came and just wiped it out." The wildfire ignited around 6:30 a.m. in the Camp Creek Road area near Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon. As of 7:15 a.m. Friday, the fire was estimated to be 70,000 acres, according to Cal Fire. The fire is 5 percent contained. The cause of the fire is unknown. EVACUATIONS The towns of Pulga and Paradise have been told to evacuate, officials said. If you need assistance evacuating, call 911. Parts of east Chico were evacuated by police. The Chico Fire Department said the wildfire has not moved into city limits. Classes and events at Chico State were canceled because of the fire. The Chico State campus is safe and no evacuation warning or order was issued for the area overnight. We will continue to monitor the #CampFire throughout the day. Campus is closed and events have been cancelled for the weekend. We will update as conditions change. 119 6:12 AM - Nov 9, 2018 Twitter Ads info and privacy 60 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy "The severity of this fire is without compare," the California Highway Patrol said. "Please listen to evacuation orders and leave immediately when notified!" Below is the latest list of evacuation orders: ++ The area of Stirling City and Inskip ++ East of Bruce Road between Highway 32 to E 20th Street in Chico ++ Canyon Oaks Subdivision (beyond the gate) in Chico ++ Upper Magalia, which includes Humbug, Lovelock, Powellton, Stirling and North Coutelenc ++ Town of Pulga ++ Butte College ++ Town of Paradise ++ Magalia, Concow, Centerville and Butte Creek Canyon areas ++ Area of Nelson Shippee Road ++ Highway 32 at Nople Avenue down to the Chico City Limits ++ Cherokee from Highway 70 to the lake south to Table Mountain Boulevard ++ Oro Chico Highway from Durham Dayton north to Estates Drive ++ Butte County has issued evacuation orders for the following zones: Nimshew Zone, Lower Clark Zone, Lower Skyway Zone, Lower Neal Zone, Upper Honey Run Zone, Carnegie Zone, North Pines Zone, North Fir Haven Zone, South Fir Haven Zone, South Pine Zone, Old Magalia Zone and South Coutelenc Zone ++ All of Clark Road and all of Pentz Road south to Highway 70, everything west to 99 and south to 149 ++ Area of Highway 70 from Pulga down to the West Branch Bridge on both sides of road including Yankee Hill Evacuation warnings are in place for: ++ Area from Highway 99 eastbound to Highway 70, from Hwy 162 north to Hwy 149 ++ Area west of Highway 99 from Hwy. 149 north to Chico City Limits west to Midway ++ Skyway from Lower Paradise down the Skyway to the Chico City Limits ++ Hwy 32 to Nople Avenue up to Butte County Line All schools in Butte County will be closed Friday due to the wildfire, officials said. INJURIES Seven people have been injured so far, including two firefighters, according the Butte County Sheriff's Office. CHP said it has aircraft working with Enloe Medical Center to treat patients. BATTLING THE BLAZE Windy conditions and low humidity caused the flames to spread quickly, officials said. “Firefighters continue to be challenged with extreme fire and weather conditions including strong winds and with long range spotting,” Cal Fire said in a statement. Later Thursday night, the fire jumped Highway 99 at Durham-Pentz Road, prompting officials to close the highway in both directions from the Highway 149 junction and through the city of Chico. The fire was moving toward a Paradise hospital on Pentz Road, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday afternoon. More than 60 patients were evacuated to other facilities, and some buildings caught fire and were damaged, but the main facility, Adventist Health Feather River Hospital, was not, spokesperson Jill Kinney said. Some of the patients were initially turned around during their evacuation because of gridlocked traffic and later airlifted to other hospitals, along with some staff, Kinney said. Four hospital employees were briefly trapped in the basement and rescued by CHP officers, Kinney said. Officials were sending as many firefighters as they could, Cal Fire spokesman Rick Carhart said. "Every engine that we could put on the fire is on the fire right now, and more are coming," he said. "There are dozens of strike teams that we're bringing in from all parts of the state." Fire officials said the flames were being fueled by winds, low humidity, dry air and severely parched brush and ground from months without rain. "Basically, we haven't had rain since last May or before that," said Read, the fire chief. "Everything is a very receptive fuel bed. It's a rapid rate of spread." Acting California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for the area. Nearly 2,290 fire personnel are fighting the blaze, including 303 engines, 11 water tenders, 11 helicopters, 59 hand crews and 24 dozers. "Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow," Cal Fire said in a statement. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea confirmed reports that evacuees had to abandon their vehicles. Rescuers were trying to put them in other vehicles, he said. "We're working very hard to get people out. The message I want to get out is: If you can evacuate, you need to evacuate," Honea said. The National Weather Service issued red-flag warnings for fire dangers in many areas of the state, saying low humidity and strong winds were expected to continue through Friday evening. |
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From: sheila, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Camp fire: Butte County wildfire grows to 70,000 acres
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Redhart, there's another fire at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, still small but watching it now. The Woolsey fire near Malibu is a monster too. update as of 10:38am, Friday per twitter : by the #'s. Total Acres Burned: 70,000 acres. It is only 5% contained. 3 Firefighters have been injured. 15,000 structures are threatened. 2,000 estimated structures have been destroyed. Expected Full Containment date: 11/30/18. (Part 1) #CalFires #CAwx #CaliforniaFires by the #'s (Part 2). Equipment on scene: 303 Engines, 11 Water Tenders, 18 Helicopters, 59 Hand Crews, 24 Dozers, 2303 Total Personnel & Air Tankers are involved. #CalFires #CAwx #CaliforniaFires |
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From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Five trapped in vehicles burn to death while trying to escape
URL: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-camp-fire-20181109-story.html
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Five trapped in vehicles burn to death while trying to escape Camp fire in Northern California By PAIGE ST. JOHN NOV 09, 2018 | 11:25 AM😢 At least five people have been found dead in the town of Paradise in Northern California after the explosive Camp fire burned through parts of Butte County, authorities said Friday. Investigators discovered the victims near Edgewood Lane, trapped in vehicles that were overtaken by the fire, Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea said. Officials have been unable to identify them because of the extent of their burns. Conditions in Paradise remain too unstable to conduct a door-to-door search, according to the sheriff. But law enforcement are recovering bodies “with as much dignity as we can afford them,” he said. At least three firefighters have been injured in the blaze. More than 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze, which began about 6:30 a.m. Thursday and had spread to 70,000 acres overnight. The fire has destroyed about 2,000 homes and buildings across the county. So far, firefighters have been able to prevent the blaze from reaching the city of Chico, which is home to about 90,000 people and is just west of Paradise, where the fire continued to burn Friday. Officials said the blaze’s western perimeter is about 11 miles away from Canyon Oak, a golf course community that flanks Chico. In an interview, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones said that her town has been devastated by the fire. Much of Paradise’s business district was gone, she said. One local hospital had burned. The McDonald’s and the Ace Hardware store were engulfed in flames. “I think we lost a high school and at least one of the elementary schools,” Jones said. Fed by high winds and a parched landscape, the wildfire began on Thursday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and was only 5% contained a day later. Officials estimated that 15,000 homes and other buildings are in the path of by the fast-moving blaze, which sent residents running for their lives. On Friday, firefighters were still finding pockets of holdouts, people who had stayed behind while thousands around them fled. A dozen homes were still occupied in Magalia, near the fire’s starting point, and their occupants needed to be ushered out, first responders told emergency dispatchers. Around them, one firefighter said, “is heavy structure damage.” The area is no stranger to wildfires. Ten years ago, a blaze struck Paradise, a town of 27,000 known as a popular retirement community. That fire chewed through dozens of structures and forced chaotic evacuations; the resulting panic was so alarming, angry residents showed up for months at community meetings demanding change. “There had been no planning,” said Peggy Musgrave, 85, who escaped the wrath of that fire only to find herself in gridlock again Thursday, joined by thousands of Paradise residents fleeing another raging fire. But this time, Musgrave said, she felt there was a measure of control. People had been mailed instructions on what to do: what to pack, what routes to take out of town and a reminder to plan for their pets. When she learned through word of mouth of the encroaching Camp fire, she went to her closet for her box of prized photographs and records, and to another for her jewelry, and then she left. “We immediately went into action,” she said. Traffic jammed. It took two hours for Musgrave to traverse approximately 16 miles. But at almost every intersection, she said, there was an informed official directing traffic and reassuring those in the evacuation gridlock they would be safe. “It gave you a feeling that if something did go wrong, we had somebody to be miserable with,” Musgrave said. Residents such as Howard Cole, who sought shelter from the Camp fire at a converted church in Oroville, know they are in fire country and say the evacuations are not unexpected. “This is our fourth evacuation in 10 years,” Cole said. “The first couple were chaos. It’s getting better.” Still, other Paradise residents were critical — not of the traffic jams that ensued, but of what they said was a lack of warning to get out in the first place. Jane Palmer, 77, said she received four automated calls the night before the fire. They were from Pacific Gas & Electric, telling her the utility was about to cut her power, which it did about 9:30 p.m. She said she realized Paradise was on fire and her mobile home park was threatened when she saw the smoke and flames. As she drove out, she encountered a neighbor, Patsy Jacobs, 62, trying to walk out. Palmer hauled her into the car and Jacobs, because Palmer cannot see well, navigated her rescuer through the bank of smoke and burning trees. “What pisses me off is I don’t think they told everybody soon enough,” said Kim Benn, 49, a neighbor who realized she needed to flee the fire when another resident pounded on her door. Butte County Sheriff Korey Honea said the county sent out automated warning calls to 23,862 households, using its Code Red system. However, it did not deploy a universal alert through the national emergency warning system that would have reached every cellphone within reach of activated cellphone towers. Benn said houses on her street were already on fire when she realized she needed to leave. The fire was advancing so quickly that she immediately abandoned her car to jump into a neighbor’s truck. “Don’t they realize this is a senior park?” Palmer said. “There’s only one way out. And had it not been for a fellow who had a meeting about evacuation in August, one of the residents, I wouldn’t have known what to do.” 11:25 a.m.: This article was updated with reports on fire victims. |
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