Yesterday, tens of thousands of residents fled their homes in Paradise, California, north of Sacramento, escaping a fast-moving wildfire driven by high winds that swept through their community. Within 24 hours, the Camp Fire has burned more than 20,000 acres, and has virtually destroyed the town. Thousands of homes and other structures in Paradise have been consumed or badly damaged by the blaze. As firefighters struggle to gain control of the Camp Fire, several other wildfires are threatening other parts of the state, including the Woolsey Fire near Malibu, which has just prompted evacuation orders for some 13,000 residents.
The Camp Fire Ravages Paradise, California
- Alan Taylor
- November 9, 2018
- 24 Photos
- In Focus
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A home burns as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, California, on November 8, 2018. #
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The Camp Fire rages through Paradise, California, on November 8, 2018. #
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Embers blow in the wind as the Camp Fire burns a KFC restaurant in Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A car explodes into flames as the Camp Fire tears through downtown Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A home burns in Paradise, California, on November 8, 2018. #
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A home burns as the Camp Fire moves through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A car burned by the Camp Fire is illuminated by headlights as it sits in the middle of a road on November 8, 2018. #
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Dogs roam burned-out neighborhoods as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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Scorched vehicles rest on a roadside as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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Smoke from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, darkens the sky on November 8, 2018. #
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Flames consume a home as the Camp Fire burns through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A group of U.S. Forest Service firefighters monitors a backfire while battling to save homes at the Camp Fire in Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A home is overshadowed by towering smoke plumes as the Camp Fire races through Paradise, California, on November 8, 2018. #
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Patients are quickly evacuated from the Feather River Hospital as it burns down in the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018. #
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A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a fire near a home while battling the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018. #
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Flames consume the Screen and Window Shop as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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Embers blow in the wind outside a burning restaurant on November 8, 2018, in Paradise. #
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Embers fly as wind and flames from the Camp Fire tear through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant in Paradise burns as the Camp Fire tears through town on November 8, 2018. #
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Firefighters try to contain a fire so it doesn't spread to a neighboring building as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 8, 2018. #
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The Paradise Skilled Nursing center is consumed by flames from the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018. #
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A chimney remains at the site of a home burned in the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018. #
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A car with a melted bumper sits at a burned-out gas station as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise on November 8, 2018. #
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A vintage car sits among debris after the Camp Fire passed through Paradise, California, on November 8, 2018. #
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