2018 Camp Fire

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The 2018 Camp Fire was a catastrophic wildfire in Northern California that became the state’s deadliest and most destructive, largely destroying the town of Paradise.

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2018 Camp Fire canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf California wildfire ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
wildfire ⓘ
abbreviation PG&E ⓘ
affectedCommunity Butte Creek Canyon, California ⓘ
Concow, California ⓘ
Magalia, California ⓘ
affectedTown Paradise, California ⓘ
airQualityImpact severe smoke in Northern California ⓘ
smoke affecting San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
areaBurned about 620.5 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 153336 acres ⓘ
associatedWith climate change discussions ⓘ
category megafire ⓘ
cause PG&E power line ⓘ
electrical transmission line failure ⓘ
cityNearest Chico, California ⓘ
linked to: Chico
civilianFatalities 85 ⓘ
containedDate 2018-11-25 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Butte County ⓘ
deadliestWildfireIn California history ⓘ
declaredBy Governor of California ⓘ
destroyedTown Paradise, California ⓘ
drivenBy low humidity ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
endDate 2018-11-25 ⓘ
evacuationCenterLocation Chico, California ⓘ
linked to: Chico
evacuationOrderIssuedBy Butte County authorities ⓘ
evacuations tens of thousands of residents ⓘ
fatalities 85 ⓘ
federalDisasterDeclaration yes ⓘ
femaDisasterNumber 4407 ⓘ
firefighterFatalities 0 ⓘ
homesDestroyed over 13000 ⓘ
ignitionSource electrical equipment ⓘ
injuries several hundred ⓘ
investigatedBy Cal Fire ⓘ
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ⓘ
ledTo PG&E bankruptcy filing ⓘ
lawsuits against PG&E ⓘ
locatedIn Butte County, California ⓘ
linked to: Butte County

Northern California ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national and international coverage ⓘ
mostDestructiveWildfireIn California history ⓘ
notableFor destruction of Paradise, California ⓘ
high death toll ⓘ
rapid spread into Paradise ⓘ
notableImpact environmental damage ⓘ
long-term displacement of residents ⓘ
massive property loss ⓘ
partOf 2018 California wildfire season ⓘ
primaryFuelType chaparral ⓘ
mixed conifer forest ⓘ
prompted changes in California wildfire policy ⓘ
large-scale disaster recovery efforts ⓘ
responseAgency Cal Fire ⓘ
federal emergency agencies ⓘ
local fire departments ⓘ
spreadRate extremely rapid ⓘ
startDate 2018-11-08 ⓘ
startedNear Camp Creek Road ⓘ
Pulga, California ⓘ
state California ⓘ
structuresDestroyed over 18000 ⓘ
timeOfDayStarted morning ⓘ
utilityInvolved Pacific Gas and Electric Company ⓘ
weatherCondition Red Flag Warning ⓘ
year 2018 ⓘ

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Town of Paradise → event → 2018 Camp Fire ⓘ