It hasn’t rained since June so don’t go looking for “illegals.” Just very dry, and it may have started in a park campground, where there are supposedly fatlaites. I don’t know if they had a fire ban in effect or not, but in any case, nobody knows anything.
Just pray for these poor people trapped in the town. There was a problem notifying and evacuating people in the Santa Rosa and Napa fires, and I’d say California still hasn’t figured out how to do it.
Butte County is rural and forested, the roads are not freeways, just two lanes in many parts. Difficult to get people out no matter where you might be.