Paradise, California, Lost in deadly Camp wildfire-Nathan Navejas

Paradise, California, Lost in deadly Camp wildfire

In Los Angeles Linda Fisher, a certified nursing assistant, 33 looked out her window Thursday morning and saw the pines beyond her backyard in Paradise, California, ablaze. "When I saw the flames I called 911 and they said we're not taking you out- you need to get out". She immediately scooped up some clothes for her boys, ages 4 and 8, before driving them into a traffic jam of evacuees punctuated by spot fires in every direction. They were lucky to evacuate from the 90,000-acre Camp Fire that consumed most of the residences in Paradise. "In the residential areas, 80 to 90 percent of the people lost their homes," Mayor Jody Jones said.

While Fisher was taking care of an elderly patient, who also lost his home in the fire. The Camp Fire, only 20 percent contained as of Saturday morning, is now the most destructive fire in state history, said Deputy Chief Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Brian Rice, Chairman of the California Fire Foundation, says that 50 firefighters live within the blueprint of the fire and so far at least 18 have lost their homes. Local evacuees who come across firefighters are being handed $100 gift cards from the California Fire Foundation's SAVE (Supplying Aid to Victims of Emergency) program, too, he said. "Honestly, it looks like armageddon," Rice said. This is very unfortunate for all of these families to have to leave everything behind and watch it all burn. Have them in your prayers, and hopefully everything turns out ok for the remaining evacuees.

     

  Link:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/paradise-california-lost-deadly-camp-wildfire-n934731