![]() ![]() Photos show the smoke beginning to obscure the Golden Gate Bridge.Ī north wind is blowing the smoke south from Paradise.Ī woman who evacuated due to the Camp Fire told The Associated Press that people abandoned their vehicles to flee the blaze and held babies and pets as they escaped. Twitter users are saying smoke from the Camp Fire has reached San Francisco and other Bay Area cities. Officials said Highway 99 at South Avenue in Corning is now open again. The road closure in Tehama County has been canceled. Meanwhile, a new evacuation warning is going into effect in the upper Magalia area, he said He said thousands had been evacuated, but didn't specify the exact number. Honea said there initially were 600 calls for welfare checks, and now that's down to about 400 calls left to handle. "And some of the areas we're hearing those reports from, we can't get to safely."īutte County Sheriff Kory Honea said hundreds of the 1,038 calls that have come in since the fire started were reporting people being trapped or requesting welfare checks. "This is still a very, very active fire," he said. People posted photos on Twitter of missing seniors.īarker said he was briefly trapped by fire while trying to get people out, with flames across the road in front of him and behind him. The order doesn't include the city itself yet.Ī police officer who helped residents escape the Camp Fire says the town of Paradise has been devastated, The Associated Press reported Thursday night.Ĭhico police officer Mark Bass said he returned to the town and found offices, large stores and restaurants leveled or burning.Īnother police officer in Chico, John Barker, said many elderly people live in Paradise and some are immobile, The AP said. People who live from Highway 32 at Nople Avenue to Chico city limits and on Skyway from lower Paradise to Chico city limits need to leave. The evacuation warning up to Chico city limits has now been upgraded to an order. “We haven’t gotten a good soaking of rain across Northern California.” “What’s atypical are the extreme dry fuels for this late in the season,” Lareau said. The 40 to 50 mph gusts are not atypical for this time of year in California. The intense winds driving the Camp Fire are much of the same conditions that fueled the Wine Country fires that ripped through Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, Lareau said. The Camp Fire, whipped by strong easterly down-slope winds, spread about 11 miles in as many hours, he said. “Obviously, these are two very devastating fires delivering impacts in different ways,” Lareau said. Neil Lareau, assistant professor of atmospheric sciences at University of Nevada, Reno, said the Camp Fire is moving twice as fast as the Carr Fire, which devastated Shasta County this summer. The National Weather Service says a Red Flag Warning remains in effect for strong winds and low relative humidity in the area. ![]() ![]() "Extreme wind-driven fire behavior with long-range spotting," is how the agency described the blaze Thursday night. The Camp Fire has grown to 20,000 acres, Cal Fire said. The fire has caused the closure of Highway 99 from its junction with Highway 149 to 4.2 miles south of Chico at Neal Road, according to the California Department of Transportation. The Camp Fire has crossed Highway 99 south of Chico, north of Highway 99's intersection with Highway 149. The Chico Police Department is evacuating a new area: Canyon Oaks Subdivision (beyond the gate). The Butte County sheriff has listed evacuations for Durham, south of Chico.Īn evacuation order has been issued for both sides of the Oro Chico Highway from Durham Dayton north to Estates Drive.Ī warning covers an area west of Highway 99 from Highway 149 north to the Chico city limits and west to the Midway. "Please help responders by heeding evacuation orders," the department tweeted. The Camp Fire has not yet burned into the Chico city limits, the Chico Fire Department said tonight.Ĭrews are working to save homes along Stilson Canyon Road near Little Chico Creek just east of the city. The wind isn't as strong but it's pushing the flames east, away from Chico tonight.įirefighters are conducting back-firing operations in fields on East 20th Street near Dawncrest Drive. The order includes Humbug, Lovelock, Powellton, Stirling and North Coutelenc. An evacuation warning for Upper Magalia has been changed to an evacuation order, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office.
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