Why did 9000 flee the Butte County wild fire?
More than 2,800 firefighters were battling a vast wildfire in Butte County on Friday that destroyed 50 homes and was threatening thousands more in the rural town of Paradise east of Chico, fire officials said. More than 9,000 residents had been evacuated from the southern and western parts of town as of late Friday, and eight firefighters suffered minor injuries. Dubbed the Humboldt Fire, the blaze has burned nearly 23,000 acres in the Butte Creek Canyon bordering Paradise to the west since it started Wednesday at Humboldt Road and Highway 32. Thursday night, the Humboldt Fire leaped out of the canyon and entered Paradise, a town of 26,000 people. On Friday, it had burned 50 homes in the southern portion of town and threatened 4,000 homes and buildings, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), which said late in the evening that the fire was 20 percent contained. “This is a dangerous fire situation” not helped by temperatures in the 90s and low
More than 2,800 firefighters were battling a vast wildfire in Butte County on Friday that destroyed 50 homes and was threatening thousands more in the rural town of Paradise east of Chico, fire officials said. More than 9,000 residents had been evacuated from the southern and western parts of town as of late Friday, and eight firefighters suffered minor injuries. Dubbed the Humboldt Fire, the blaze has burned nearly 23,000 acres in the Butte Creek Canyon bordering Paradise to the west since it started Wednesday at Humboldt Road and Highway 32. Thursday night, the Humboldt Fire leaped out of the canyon and entered Paradise, a town of 26,000 people. On Friday, it had burned 50 homes in the southern portion of town and threatened 4,000 homes and buildings, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), which said late in the evening that the fire was 20 percent contained. “This is a dangerous fire situation” not helped by temperatures in the 90s and low
