Three Wildfires Destroy Thousands of Structures. "40,000 residents forced to evacuate": CNN

[Stuart G]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/us/camp-fire-california/index.html
__________________________________________________________________________________
A series of fast-moving wildfires are racing up and down California early Friday, destroying thousands of structures in their paths and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate through flame-lined streets.

Fanned by high winds and low humidity, the fires spread rapidly Thursday and overnight Friday.

The threat continues Friday morning, with more than 20 million people under red flag warnings.

Here's what we know about the trio of fires:

The Camp Fire Fire #1

Tanah Clunies-Ross woke up in the dark to what sounded like lumps of coal raining down on her Northern California home. Within minutes, her family and thousands of people were racing to escape the raging flames of the Camp Fire.

"The smell of the smoke and realizing the smoke was a lot closer than I thought and then seeing flames up to my knees. ... I lost it," she said.

An unknown number of homes and buildings in Paradise have been destroyed by the Camp Fire.

Her family was among the 40,000 residents forced to evacuate in Butte County, California, after the fire broke out early Thursday, "growing uncontrollably" at a rate of about 80 football fields per minute. So far, it has burned through 20,000 acres, injured firefighters and residents, and prompted hospitals and schools to quickly evacuate

(rest of article at above link, with pictures, more info..)

[AllaN01Bear]

1. non adblock blocked story

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/08/us/california-wildfires/index.html