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California's most destructive wildfire should not have come as a surprise

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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