A KFC restaurant burns as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 8, 2018 in Paradise, California. Photo: Getty Images
How fast is this fire moving? It’s burning up the equivalent of 80 football fields per minute. Residents in towns like Paradise, Chico, Magalia, Concow, Yankee Hill, Butte Creek Canyon, Cherokee, and Durham have already been told to evacuate. And emergency responders are doing their best to perform welfare checks on people who are unaccounted for.
“This fire did move through the town of Paradise quickly,” Paradise Police Chief Eric Reinbold told the local Enterprise-Record newspaper. “We’re very grateful for our partnerships with allied agencies, Cal Fire, our agency, the town staff worked as quickly as possible to evacuate, using our evacuation plans. And the things that we’ve trained for over the years. There is a lot of devastation in town.”
If your area has been told to evacuate, don’t hesitate. Get the hell out. You may not get another chance to escape later.
[Enterprise Record and Lost Coast Outpost and CNN]
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