OROVILLE, CALIF.—Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town. Everyone in Paradise, a community of 27,000 people about 290 kilometres northeast of San Francisco, was ordered to get out. Authorities in Northern California have ordered mandatory evacuations in a rural area where the wildfire has grown to 1,000 acres (405 hectares) amid hot and windy weather. Four hospital employees were briefly trapped in the basement and rescued by California Highway Patrol officers, Kinney said. Read more: Causes of California’s worst wildfires still a mystery California wildfire that closed key highway doubles in size California may be facing worst fire season in state history as it battles 18 blazes

Source: thestar November 08, 2018 20:42 UTC