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Firefighters working day and night and favorable weather conditions allowed the city of Chico to stay away from the campfire all night. She felt that it was close enough Thursday that evacuation orders could be given near the city (90,000 inhabitants) and that a warning be given inside. borders.
The CSU campus Chico was closed Friday morning, announced the university on Twitter.
Chico police chief Mike O'Brien told CSU officials Chico, "There is no immediate threat to the city of Chico at the moment. The fire is maintained south of Highway 32, according to a university tweet shortly before 4:30 pm Friday.
According to a report from the university's emergency operations center and a night monitoring of the fire, "fire-fighting efforts and favorable weather conditions, including a decrease in gusts of wind, "have prevented the fire of 20,000 acres from crossing the city limits at night. 6 am Friday.
Garland Sanchez of Magalia rose early in the dark Friday with two other men on Bruce Road in Chico looking east towards the campfire.
The horizon seemed clear of flames from their point of view, although only a few hours before it fills with a disturbing orange glow.
Sanchez said that he was in Sacramento Thursday see an oncologist when he received a call from his mother and friends to ask him to evacuate his children.
They came out safe, but he said he was waiting for a friend he had not heard from since Thursday night. The concern eclipsed what should have been a holiday.
"I beat him," he says of his lymphoma. "As I was driving up … my doctor called me and said," You do not have cancer. "
The camp's fire began near the town of Paradise on Thursday morning and in the afternoon, it destroyed about 1,000 structures in the city, leaving many residents fleeing on foot, uncontrolled fire.
In the evening, the campfire had traveled a large part of six miles towards Chico.
On Thursday evening, around 9 pm, an evacuation warning was issued for the area south of Highway 32 east of Bruce Road, within the boundaries of the city of Chico , according to the Chico Police Department. At about the same time, flames appeared south of Chico, crossing Highway 99 and burning on both sides of the road.
Sure 10 hours On Thursday, the Chico Fire Department was using an incandescent lamp to burn down the grass in the Stilson Canyon neighborhood just outside the eastern limits of the city. A fire official said the project was to create a firewall along a road to prevent the flames from dominating the neighborhood. Some buildings were damaged and efforts seem to have paid off on Friday morning.
Earlier, at 8 pm, the Butte County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order for both sides of the Oro Chico Highway from Durham Dayton north of Estates Drive.
The Cherokee area from Highway 70 to the lake south of Table Mountain Boulevard is also subject to an evacuation order, as is the area north-east of the city along the route. from Route 32 from Nople Avenue to the city limits.
Evacuation warnings were issued for the area located west of Highway 99, Highway 149 north of the city limits of Chico and West of Midway , as well as Route 32 at Nople Ave. to Butte County Line earlier.
East of Chico, on Picholine Way, a row of cars encumbered the roads while evacuees from this area were around 9 pm.
Chico Elks Lodge at 1705 Manzanita Avenue. was opened as an emergency shelter, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office.
Acting Governor, Gavin Newsom, has requested an emergency presidential statement to combat multiple fires in California.
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