One hundred days later — with the aid of public records showing the locations of victims’ deaths, CalFire mapping of the fire’s progression and dozens of interviews — their stories can be told. “We told him, ‘You need to evacuate now,”‘ said his granddaughter Jordan Huff, 22, who lived in Paradise. ——By 10 a.m., the fire surged across a canyon and into the town of Paradise, population 27,000. To her it was a more affordable Grass Valley, the Northern California town where she’s grown up. A neighbour later told Roman Digby that he tried to get his father to leave, but his father said no.

Source: National Post February 15, 2019 05:03 UTC