The blaze began around 6:30 a.m., near Camp Creek Road off Highway 70. It was morning, but the sun never seemed to rise because of the midnight smoke.
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The Butte County Sheriff issued a red alert to 23,862 contacts — that’s e-mails, texts and phone calls, officials said. But so many were caught off-guard.
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1,038 calls poured into 911. More than 600 requests for welfare checks were requested. Cars clotted the roadways in Paradise, a small canyon town with only two paved roads in and out.
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“It remains to be seen what the damage is,”
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#CampFire — yes, it’s really named that — is at 18,000 acres and 0 percent contained. Significant structures lost. At least two firefighter injuries.Show this thread -
This is a significant crisis,
@KoryHonea says. The#CarrFire is still on everyone’s mind. And before that, the#WineCountryWildfires. This is California’s future.Show this thread
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This is an area that hasn’t had rain since May — SIX months ago. Cal Fire estimated that several hundred to upwards of 1,000 homes are destroyed in Paradise, a town with a population of 26,000.
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