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The deadly fire at the camp reached 105,000 acres and the authorities confirmed the discovery of 14 more bodies found Saturday, bringing the death toll to 23.
This makes it the second deadliest forest fire in the history of the state, according to Cal Fire's records.
Only the Oakland Hills fire killed more people. Twenty-five people died in this hell of 1991.
But Butte County Sheriff, Kory Honea, warned of the possibility of more deaths being discovered in the camp's fire. He added that family members of missing persons could submit DNA samples so that authorities could cross-check samples if they found other remains.
Four of the victims were found in Concow. Two of them were inside houses and two on the outside. The bodies of 10 victims were found in paradise. Seven were inside houses and three outside, Honea said.
The number of houses destroyed in the camp fire has remained unchanged since Friday, officials said. Fire is still under control at 20%.
The fire destroyed 6,453 homes and a total of 6,713 structures. It is the most destructive fire in the history of the state.
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Saturday's dense smoke has limited the use of planes, officials said.
While officials had warned earlier Saturday that Oroviile was threatened by the fire due to changing weather conditions, Honea said there is "no threat at this time." imminent for the inhabitants of the city of Oroville ".
Honea cautioned people to stay alert.
"We still have one to two days of strong winds that could generate explosive behavior similar to the one that occurred Thursday (the same day the fire broke out)," Honea said.
The sheriff's office received 53 reports of alleged looting, but no arrests were made, Honea said.
Community meeting for the campfire 7:30 pm today
A meeting of the campfire community will take place at 19:30. today at the University of Chico State.
The meeting will be held in the Laxson Auditorium, West 1st Street and Salem.
Cooperating fire agencies, including Cal Fire, Butte County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol, will arrange the meeting.
Agencies will make an operational update and will be available to answer questions.
LaMalfa responds to Trump's funding threat
Representative Doug LaMalfa responded to President Trump on Saturday after the president threatened to suspend federal payments to California because of what he called the state's poor forest management following camp fires and firefighting. Southern California.
"The lack of forest management has been a frustration for a long time, but funding threats when we need help will not meet our pressing needs or speed up the process," LaMalfa said in a statement.
"For now, we need to come together as a country and community to help one another. We can soon deal with the fixation policy, "added LaMalfa.
Trump said Saturday via Twitter that "there is no reason for these massive, deadly and expensive fires in California," according to the Associated Press.
Trump said "billions of dollars are donated every year, with so many lives lost, all because of the blatant mismanagement of the forests – cure now, or more Fed payments!"
LaMalfa said everyone knew that there were problems with forest management, usually on federal land, but also "at the level of regulations and state litigation," said the member. Congress.
This summer, LaMalfa, R-Richvale, took the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to visit the areas burned by Carr's fire. He says that he plans to invite them to come back to witness the consequences of the camp's fire.
"For the rest of this session of Congress and the new session, we need to address over-regulation and prosecutions that paralyze the process of thinning and sustainably managing our forests, not this lingering threat," he said. LaMalfa.
LaMalfa also said he and his staff had been calling without interruption with the White House, FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security to declare a federal disaster and obtain the necessary resources.
The California firefighter's president also took into account Trump's tweet that threatened to suspend his disaster assistance.
"The message of the president attacking California and threatening to suspend aid to victims of cataclysmic fires is misinformed, untimely and degrading for those who are suffering as well as for men and women on the front lines," Brian K Rice said.
"At a time when all our efforts must be focused on fighting destructive fires and assisting victims, the president has chosen to launch an uninformed political threat aimed at the innocent victims of these cataclysmic fires," added Rice.
California's professional firefighters' organization represents more than 30,000 firefighters and paramedics in the state.
President Donald Trump showed empathy Saturday in a tweet about the destructive fires in California.
"Our hearts are with those who are fighting the fires, the 52,000 evacuees and the families of the 11 dead," Trump told Twitter. "God bless them all," he added.
Trump is in Paris for the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of the First World War.
Butte County Sheriff Issues New Evacuation Order
The Butte County Sheriff's Office has turned an evacuation warning into an evacuation order for areas located about 15 miles southeast of Paradise where the campfire is moving.
The order involves Route 162 / Oro Quincy Road eastbound from Forbestown Road east of Mountain House Road / 4 Mile Ridge.
The order covers the communities of Berry Creek, Brush Creek, Mountain House and Bloomer Hill.
For those evacuating these four areas, the deputies are asking residents to use Highway 162 in a westerly direction through Oroville. Evacuees can travel to Yuba-Sutter Exhibition Center at 442 Franklin Ave in Yuba City.
The shift from a warning to an order comes before the winds that are expected to intensify in the campfire area Saturday night.
'Super Scoopers' landed in Redding
Two "Super Scooper" planes went Friday to Redding to help fight the camp's fire, the US Forest Service announced.
The two CL-415s landed at the Redding Municipal Airport from their home in Spokane, Washington State.
On this archival photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a Bombardier 415 Super Scooper is throwing a drop of water on hot spots along the hill at L & B. is Gibraltar Road in Santa Barbara, California on Sunday morning December 17, 2017. According to the US Forest Service, Scooper aircraft stationed in Chico are available to fight the Hirz fire near Shasta Lake, once the smoke is dissipated (Photo: Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, in a tweet, said: "Our brave @forestservice staff working with @CAL_FIRE with a plane brought in."
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Lost and Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, came to Redding while Carr's fire was raging in August to meet with local leaders and assess the situation.
The CL-415 is a "water" turboprop that was originally manufactured by Canadair.
In case of fire, the big plane can stay in the air until three o'clock, with the possibility of dropping nine water tanks, then filling up at a nearby source of water. fire.
The fire threatens Oroville
The campfire threatens the city of Oroville, warned Cal Fire Saturday morning.
"The fire will continue to burn southwesterly towards Big Bend, Berry Creek and threaten the town of Oroville," Cal Fire said in his Saturday morning incident report.
"The expected strong north-east winds could cause a fire on Oroville Lake, threatening the city of Oroville," said the agency.
Fire officials stated that engines and crews would be "prepositioned in previously identified locations in anticipation of wind events".
Meanwhile, firefighters continue to patrol Paradise, Concow and Magalia.
The cause of the fire remains officially under investigation, although authorities are wondering if fallen power lines have played a role.
Here is the experience of James Brown, evacuated from the campfire.
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Notice of quality of air issued due to smoke
The air quality on Saturday morning is "very unhealthy" in Chico, in the foothills of Paradise, in Gridley and Oroville, the Butte County Air Quality Management District said. in an opinion.
The particle reading is 2.5 for the four zones.
N95, P95 and R95 respirators are recommended to protect people from smoke and ash particles.
Meanwhile, residents of San Francisco also breathe an unhealthy air from the smoke that drifts from the campfire to the south. The air quality in San Francisco was 167 early Saturday morning. The smoke from the fire also arrived in San Jose on Saturday morning.
Paradise firefighters look to make progress before winds return
Firefighters battling the 100,000-acre Camp Fire that whipped through Paradise are hoping to make progress today.
But they don’t have much time.
The weather forecast calls for strong winds similar to those that drove the fire as it burned more than 6,000 homes and killed at least nine people to return Saturday night.
“During the daytime today you are going to have favorable conditions,” meteorologist Alex Hoon told firefighters gathered for a morning briefing.
The good conditions won’t last long, though.
“Set your watches for (8 p.m.),” Hoon said. “That is when the winds are going to start picking up.
Hoon said northeast winds could gust to 50 miles-per-hour overnight.
They’ll be blowing over a region that’s tinder dry and primed for firestorms.
“The fuels are setting new records for … dryness and availability to burn,” said Cal Fire fire behavior analyst Johnathan Pangburn. “They are burning similar to a July, August time frame even though it is November.”
The expected winds will bear down most heavily on the north and east edges of the fire in mountainous terrain.
Lower-level areas on the opposite sides should see lighter winds.
Firefighters were warned to maintain active lookouts to avoid getting caught off-guard when the winds arrive.
In the meantime, they’re hoping to use the cool weather and calm air on Saturday to make significant progress containing the fire.
“We expect a wind change, we can’t be surprised,” said John Bischof, a Cal Fire battalion chief. “We need to batten this down, we need to have a good day today.”
John Simon , former battalion chief of Paradise Fire Department, worked Friday as a volunteer searching for pets displaced by the Camp Fire. The fire, which started in Butte County on Thursday Nov. 8, 2018, swiftly devastated Paradise, California. (Photo: Benjamin Spillman)
Firefighters to confront extreme, windy conditions
Firefighters battling the Camp Fire were warned at their morning briefing that strong northeast winds were expected to return Saturday night.
The National Weather Service said a Red Flag Warning will go into effect at 8 p.m. and last until 7 a.m. Monday.
The good news is that fire crews will have a lull in the weather with only light winds of about 10 mph in the Feather River drainage leading up to the warning.
The calmer wind could make conditions favorable for more air resources Saturday.
Cal Fire said moderate to extreme fire behavior remains possible with spot fires, wind-driven fire runs and torching and crowning of trees.
The fire is expected to continue to burn to the northwest and affect Magalia and Paradise Pines.
Cal Fire says Stirling City and Paradise Pines are still threatened.
However, the agency says the blaze is holding to the southwest near Chico and south at Highways 99 and 149.
Fire grows to 100,000 acres, 20 percent containment
The Camp Fire has grown to 100,000 acres with 20 percent containment, Cal Fire reported Saturday morning. The size equals 156 square miles
The wildfire has become California's most destructive blaze since record-keeping began.
The blaze has destroyed 6,453 residences and 260 commercial buildings, Cal Fire says. Another 15,000 structures remain threatened.
Fire officials plan on gaining full containment on Nov. 30.
Here’s the latest manpower figures for the Camp Fire:
- Total fire personnel: 3,223
- Fire engines: 440
- Fire crews: 67
- Helicopters: 23
- Bulldozers: 67
- Water tenders: 18
Trump threatens to withhold federal money, says 'mismanagement' leads to wildfires
President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal payments to California, claiming its forest management is "so poor," The Associated Press reported
Trump said Saturday via Twitter that "there is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly fires in California." Trump says that "billions of dollars are donated every year, with so many lives lost, all because of the blatant mismanagement of the forests." Remedy now, or more of the Fed's payments!
The comments were the first for Trump about massive wildfires, including a fire that cremated most of the city of Paradise in northern California and killed at least nine people.
Fires have also raged in southern California, including the town of Thousand Oaks, where an armed man killed a dozen people in a bar in the neighborhood.
Trump had previously issued an emergency statement providing federal funds to help firefighters.
A deadly fire razed a California city in less than a day
Not a single resident of Paradise could be seen anywhere in town Friday after most of them fled the burning community that may be lost forever. Abandoned, charred vehicles cluttered the main thoroughfare, evidence of the panicked evacuation a day earlier, The Associated Press is reporting.
Most of its buildings are in ruins. Whole neighborhoods are leveled. The business district is destroyed. In a single day, this town of 27,000 inhabitants located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and founded in the nineteenth century was largely cremated by flames that moved so quickly that firefighters could do nothing.
Only a day after it began, the blaze that started outside the hilly town of Paradise had grown on Friday to nearly 140 square miles and destroyed more than 6,700 structures, almost all of them homes, making it California's most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began.
Nine people were found dead, some in their cars and others outside their vehicles or homes after a desperate evacuation that Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea described as "worse scenario". Their identities were not yet known.
"This is what we have been fearing for a long time," said Honea, pointing out that there was no time to knock on the door of the residents one by one.
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