The Butte County towns of Paradise, Pulga and Concow were evacuated shortly after the fire started. Jerry Brown traveled out of state, declared a state of emergency in Butte County. The blaze, named the Camp Fire because of its proximity to Camp Creek Road near Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon, was scorching several areas within Paradise, which is home to many retirees. “I can’t think of an area that’s safe right now.” Al Smith of the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, noting that several deputies who ventured into evacuation zones to rescue residents also became trapped by flames burning around them. The inferno was so huge that dense smoke clogged skies throughout the Bay Area - roughly 200 miles southwest of the blaze - and residents across Northern California were warned to expect poor air quality through Friday.Įvacuation efforts were “difficult, to say the least,” said Lt. Authorities released no immediate information about the extent of the damage and the toll of injuries. The cause of the fire, which ignited at 6:30 a.m., was under investigation. They flooded Twitter too, posting names and photos of loved ones, along with the addresses where they’d last been seen. They inundated 911 with hundreds of requests for help tracking down people who were feared trapped behind fire lines. Streams of residents hurried out of town, inching along the few available routes.įamily members and friends searched for scores of missing people. As we drove out, homes were burnt to the ground.”Īmong the structures lost to the flames were a McDonald’s, a Mormon church, a Black Bear Diner and Paradise’s wood welcome sign. “I don’t know what we are coming back to after this. “We were engulfed in flames,” said Butte County Supervisor Doug Teeter. Several hundred homes, and perhaps more than 1,000, had burned. Friday.įire officials said they had received reports of some deaths from the blaze. Red-flag conditions were in place until at least 10 a.m.
Similar winds were expected to continue through the night. High winds were hampering air tankers’ efforts to extinguish the flames, said Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean. There are 100 beds on site, Breckle said.The Camp Fire burns in Paradise on Nov. He added that such a facility would be an opportunity for those who are working on the Paradise rebuild, like construction workers and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The other option was a single occupancy resident facility. However, Mark Breckle, who said he was a landlord there on behalf of Guillion, spoke to residents in a two-hour meeting that was hosted by the town of Paradise but organized by residents, said at times it felt like he was getting his teeth kicked in - and that mental health site was one of the options. Resident Diana Dawn Nellis-Siler, in a Facebook post to the group “Say no to Feather Canyon,” asserted that Gillion had told her that he is definitely planning to put a long-term mental health service, which may include a lockdown drug rehab at the site. Despite it being said during the meeting, Adventist Health does not own Feather Canyon Retirement Center.Īdventist Health’s Maureen Wisener said on Friday that the company doesn’t own the building and is not involved in the sale. PARADISE - More than 100 people filled the Paradise Town Council Chambers on Wednesday night to hear from a potential landlord who wants to put a mental health facility at Feather Canyon Gracious Retirement Living site.Ĭurrently, the site which is behind the Feather River Hospital campus is an escrow.
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