Inundated by Camp fire survivors, Chico is a 'city within a city'
CHICO, Calif. - Everywhere Chris Persson goes, people are still talking about the Camp fire.
While shopping for groceries, the Chico resident was told the store had hired fire survivors from Paradise. At lunch, she overheard a fire evacuee say she was given a free tank of gas to run errands.
"You can't go anywhere without meeting somebody with a story," said Persson, who has lived in Chico since 1988.
After the Camp fire, which ignited more than a month ago, residents of Chico say they are settling into a
