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Camp Fire (2018)

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Camp Fire (2018)
The Camp Fire is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history.[3][4][5] Named after Camp Creek Road—its place of origin[6]—the fire started on November 8, 2018, in Butte County, in Northern California. The fire has caused 63 civilian fatalities, injured three firefighters, covered an area of about 140,000 acres (57,000 ha), and had destroyed 11,862 structures, including 9,700 single-family homes and 118 apartment buildings, with most of the damage occurring within the first two days of the fire.[2] The fire forced the evacuation of Paradise, Magalia, Centerville, Concow, Pulga, and Yankee Hill and threatened the communities of Butte Creek Canyon, Butte Valley, Chico, Forest Ranch, Helltown, Inskip, Oroville, and Stirling City.[7][8] Within the first day, the Camp Fire had essentially destroyed the community of Concow and the town of Paradise,[9] incinerating homes, businesses, churches, a hospital, schools, and a rest home.[10][11] The fire began on the same day as the Woolsey Fire and the Hill Fire in Southern California.

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