A blaze that started Thursday outside the hilly town of Paradise has grown and killed at least 11 people and destroyed more than 6,700 buildings, almost all of them homes, making it California’s most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began, VOA news reports.
But crews have made gains and the fire is partially contained, officials said Saturday. Wildfires are burning in the northern and southern regions of California.
1Firefighters plan their operations while battling the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 10, 2018.
2The charred remains of the burned out home are seen in Malibu, Calif., Nov. 10, 2018. Officials took advantage of temporarily calm conditions Saturday to assess damage from the blaze that’s burned 109 square miles outside downtown Los Angeles.
3Eric England searches through a friend’s vehicle on Pearson Rd. after the wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., Nov. 10, 2018. Not much is left in Paradise after a ferocious wildfire roared through the Northern California town as residents fled and entire neighborhoods are leveled.
4Araya Cipollini cries near the remains of her family’s home burned in the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 10, 2018.