Posted on 11/10/2018 6:52:16 PM PST by Mariner
The unrelenting Camp Fire’s death toll has reached 23, making it the third deadliest wildfire in California history, officials said Saturday night.
This grim milestone came as firefighters focused resources on the fire’s southern edge amid expected high winds that could swing flames toward the city of Oroville.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said 10 bodies were found in the town of Paradise, which was leveled in the firestorm on Friday – seven were found in homes, three were found outdoors. He said four more bodies were recovered in Concow, a few miles east of Magalia – two in their cars, two inside homes.
Honea said in Saturday’s fire update news conference that the city of Oroville itself, population 20,000, is “not in imminent danger” but that homes northeast of the town, closer to Lake Oroville, are threatened.
Throughout Saturday, fire officials and the Butte County Sheriff’s Office ordered more residents to evacuate or be ready to leave as the fire grew largely unchecked at 105,000 acres (164 square miles), Cal Fire said in a 6 p.m. update.
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Yea I am in Roseville and the smoke today was bad. Like you said, fog at ground level. Tough to spend any extended time outside today.
Well crap. If it isn’t dam breaks out of MoonBeam Canyon going to wash you out, now the fire is wrapping around south and coming at you. Take care FRiend.
Ditto! Many prayers needed for all in the area... and even more firefighters, resources, “lucky breaks”, etc.
Yep - they evacuated the town then too.
If Oroville gets over-run with frogs next year, they might want to think about changing whatever they are doing down there.
RIght now at this hour, took a break from loading. We have a business to load up as well as us. Not easy with two old people. All the shirt blanks have been loaded, now to load up our fair goods. The RV is loaded except for the turtle.
Looking past the barn and over the tree line we can see the red glow as Yankee Hill across the lake in burning. Rich Gluch Road on fire at Hwy 70. It the fire continues its path to the south and west, then it could burn through town. It would have to burn through Oroville to get to us...Unless... and that is why we are still packing because of that unless.
There are people that lost so much and lost it all without warning. I am reminded of the Oakland Fire back around October 1991. Folks there literally ran for their lives as the fire consumed some 3000 structures.
Am supposed to see one of my favorites with Commander Cody tomorrow at the Blues Festival.
Concerned, I called the fire department, who stated, "They have a permit for a weekend burn". :-/
23 lives v. undergrowth
CA chooses undergrowth every time.
Looks like fire has jumped one of the fingers of lake Oroville from big bend to. Berry creek area. Wife found a burned oak leaf that must have blew in from the fire. Yikes. Everything loaded ready to go. Need to wait because if an evacuation is called once you leave there is no coming back until it is all over. Now there still is some distance for this fire to travel. The leading edge is 14 miles away. But this fire traveled 20 miles in a day. Not taking chances. Spent until three am loading just in case. Figuring that we will be okay but that is because we loaded up everything. We have customer orders to get out and everything is at a standstill for the moment. Nothing compared to those that lost all. Please pray for all those elderly that are missing that they be reunited with families.
I hope you were able to solve the 3 vehicles / 2 drivers problem!
Any further updates? I did see on local news (here in the Midwest) reports of additional deaths, but little about how much more the fires had advanced.
I do know the winds were supposed to be picking up again...
As of now, the fire has jumped two fingers of Lake Oroville..the West Fork of the Feather River and the North Fork. I am concerned about the North Fork. Busses have moved into Oroville proper just in case an evacuation is ordered.
Everything is loaded. If we have an evacuation warning then there is no problem on moving two of the vehicles as we have a staging area where we will park one of the vehicles. Then return back home to get the RV and head back to the staging area, which surprisingly is a local casino. I highly recommend the Mongolian Grill.
Winds bad again tonight...spot fires popping up. Wife found a burned oak leaf that blew in form who knows where. Ash in the air. You don’t notice it, but at night I wear one of those headband lights so it lights up the air in front of my eyes and you can see the fine ash particles swirling around.
Touch and go. We were so exhausted that both of us fell asleep on respective couchs this afternoon. It was stressful in loading everything up, but as we are used to it, it did go easy. Was up until 2 am loading. Have to load a business and then the other part of the business, then all that personal stuff.
Nothing compared to the nightmares that the survivors of the Paradise fire will face. The mayor let it slip in a town hall tonight that even if your home survived, it will be 30-90 days before you are allowed back home. Don’t know if folks caught that one. As for re-building...it will be a long drawn out madness.
I have friends in California near the ocean who said tonight they had ash on their cars, and yesterday could taste and smell the soot in the air though they are 4 hours away from any actual fire itself.
Anyone that wants more information regarding the Camp Fire...you can go to actionnewsnew.com they have archived reports as well as streaming. It has been pretty much 24-7 fire coverage. They did this during the Carr Fire too. Not too bad as its a lot of kids that have gotten jobs in a not so great market. Baptism by fire, so to speak. Many go out by themselves to cover the fire and act as their own cameraman. In time they will learn to ask the right questions instead of the “how do your feel...” question, but hey, for many it is their first job out of college and they are doing well enough...Since internet is very spotty...cell service non-existent, the television local news is the only thing we have. To date, they have not sensationalized the story, only pretty much giving needed information, even when the have to stretch it to cover the time.
Thank you..
Wow. God be with you and everyone affected.
It’s amazing how far the effects reach. Here in the mid-south (USA) I went into Harbor Freight to pick up a couple cheap clamps yesterday, and their credit card processing was down because of the fires. At least that’s a very, very minor inconvenience compared to what a lot of people are going through.
Just heard from one of my ham friends. He is safe. Barely escaped. Nightmare scenario. Lost all. Vehicle had melted side panels on the driver’s side.
Damn. That’s scary stuff!
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