California's most destructive wildfire should not have come as a surprise
by Bettina Boxall and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times
Nov 10, 2018
3 minutes
PARADISE, Calif._The Camp fire raging in Butte County and the Tubbs fire that torched Northern California's wine country are a year and 100 miles apart. But they have much in common.
Flames and embers, pushed by strong dry winds out of the north and northeast, setting a town ablaze. Thousands of buildings destroyed. Fleeing residents burned to death.
Both fires scorched areas that have burned before - and will undoubtedly burn again.
By Friday night, the Camp had destroyed more than 6,700 buildings only a
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