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• Pleas Flood Social Media With Loved Ones Missing After Camp Fire

  09-11-2018 23:46
  CHICO (AP) – A day after the Camp Fire forced tens of thousands to evacuate, dozens of people are unaccounted for and relatives are flooding social media with desperate pleas for help finding them.
  A day after tens of thousands evacuated the town of Paradise and the nearby community of Magalia, dozens of people, many of them elderly, remained unaccounted for. Anguished relatives flooded social media asking for help locating their loved ones.
  Cherri Rolla’s family hasn’t heard f
  
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• Butte County Schools Closed Until After Thanksgiving Due To Camp Fire

  09-11-2018 22:11
  PARADISE (CBS13) – With the Camp Fire still raging, Butte County school officials have decided to close all public schools until at least after the Thanksgiving break.
  Tim Taylor, the Butte County Superintendent of Schools, said in a release on Friday that all the area’s schools – including charter schools – will be closed through Nov. 23.
  All Butte County public schools closed through Friday, November 23, 2018.The press release is linked here: https://t.co/Epx0zICgap
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• Sheriff: 5 People Found Dead In Cars After Camp Fire Tears Through Paradise

  09-11-2018 20:13
  PARADISE (CBS13) – The Butte County Sheriff’s Office says at least five people have been found dead after the Camp Fire tore through the town of Paradise on Thursday.
  Investigators found the five people in the area of Edgewood Lane in Paradise inside of cars. It’s believed the victims were overcome by the Camp Fire when they were in their cars.
  Butte Co. Sheriff’s office is confirming 5 fatalities associated with the #campfire located in the area of Edgewood Lane in Parad
  
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• LATEST UPDATES: Destructive Camp Fire Explodes To 70,000 Acres, At Least 5 Deaths Confirmed

  09-11-2018 19:57
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on the Camp Fire in Butte County on Friday:
  10:57 a.m.
  The Butte County Sheriff’s Office says at least five people have been found dead after the Camp Fire tore through the town of Paradise on Thursday.
  Investigators found the five people in the area of Edgewood Lane in Paradise inside of cars. It’s believed the victims were overcome by the Camp Fire when they were in their cars.
  No identification of the victims was able to be made due t
  
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• California National Guard Headed To Camp Fire To Help Evacuations

  09-11-2018 19:37
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – A California National Guard official says 100 military police are headed to Northern California to help evacuate people from a wildfire.
  Maj. Gen. David Baldwin says other military personnel are studying satellite imagery to assess the scope of the damage and map the fire.
  The ferocious fire near the Northern California town of Paradise has grown to nearly 110 square miles (285 square kilometers).
  Smoke from the fire has made the air unhealthy in the San Francisco Bay
  
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• Camp Fire Grew So Fast Firefighters Had To Shift From Attacking Flames To Helping People Evacuate

  09-11-2018 19:26
  PARADISE (AP) – A wildfire that moved so fast that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, authorities said.
  Only a day after it began, the fire near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly 110 square miles (285 square kilometers), and authorities said it had claimed lives, although they offered no specific number or any details.
  “There w
  
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• CHP: 3 People Found Dead In Car After Crash Off I-80 Near Fairfield

  09-11-2018 18:18
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) – Authorities say three people were found dead in a car that crashed off Interstate 80 near Fairfield early Friday morning.
  The scene was along the eastbound side of the freeway, near the Highway 12 connector.
  California Highway Patrol says the crash is believed to have happened early in the morning but wasn’t reported until about 5:30 a.m. A blue Hyundai sedan was heading on eastbound I-80 when, for an unknown reason, it crashed into the Highway 12 overcrossing.
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• LATEST UPDATES: Destructive Camp Fire Explodes To 70,000 Acres

  09-11-2018 17:20
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on the Camp Fire in Butte County on Friday:
  8:20 a.m.
  A fire official says a Northern California wildfire has put 15,000 homes and 2,000 commercial buildings at “imminent danger of burning.”
  Capt. Koby Johns of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection also said Friday that about 2,000 buildings have already been destroyed. He described those numbers as “very elastic.”
  Johns says heavy winds continue to drive
  
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• End Of Daylight Saving Time, Shorter Days Limit California Aerial Firefighting

  09-11-2018 16:46
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – As the sun sets at McClellan Field, aerial firefighting crews find themselves forced to land much earlier than just a few months ago.
  “After daylight savings, it gets tough because we’re trying to fit a lot of work into shortened hours,” said Bryce Mitchell, a flight officer with Sacramento Metro Fire.
  Metro Fire’s helicopter was one of the aircraft dispatched to the Camp Fire in Butte County, dropping water about 15 times.
  But for safety r
  
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• LATEST UPDATES: Destructive Camp Fire Continues To Burn, Threatening Thousands Of Structures

  09-11-2018 16:02
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on the Camp Fire in Butte County on Friday:
  7:02 a.m.
  The Camp Fire has grown to 70,000 acres and is only 5 percent contained as of Friday morning, Cal Fire says.
  While the city of Chico is not immediately threatened by the fire, Chico State has closed for Friday and events have been canceled for the weekend.
  Several new evacuation orders were also issued Friday morning for some areas in Butte County:
  -Stirling City and Inskip. Residents are being a
  
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• Sacramento Kings Reveal Their Own Plans For Sleep Train Arena Site After Zoo Shows Interest

  09-11-2018 15:52
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A proposal to build a zoo at the former Sleep Train Arena site is facing some resistance.
  Last week, CBS13 exclusively told you the Sacramento Zoo is looking into moving the animals to Natomas, but it seems the Kings have plans of their own and are finally revealing them.
  “At this point, I think I want to play a role of helping all of the potentially competing interests find a great solution here,” said Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
  Steinberg said things are off
  
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• Relatives Search For Family Members Missing in Camp Fire

  09-11-2018 09:26
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – As the Camp Fire continues to burn, families from all over the country are worried about their loved ones in Butte County. Messages posted to social media show people as far as North Carolina trying to find missing relatives.
  “I was like ‘Oh my God, I gotta get a hold of my mom and dad!’” said Michele Watson. “My husband is telling me to keep calling, keep calling!”
  Watson spent the day frantically messaging friends and watching terr
  
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• Paradise Lost: Fast-Moving Camp Fire Leaves Devastation In Butte County

  09-11-2018 09:00
  PARADISE (CBS13) — High winds and dry conditions turned an early morning fire into an inferno that devastated the Northern California town of Paradise on Thursday.
  Cal Fire officials say the Camp Fire has “wiped out” Paradise, a town of about 27,000 people.
  The fire started at around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday and quickly exploded, reaching 18,000 acres just past the noon hour. Cal Fire estimates it’s about 20,000 acres with 0 percent containment.
  Fire crews spent much of the
  
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• Mysterious Illness Hits Stockton School

  09-11-2018 08:14
  STOCKTON – Classes at a Stockton elementary school are back in session after a scary situation involving at least ten students who suddenly became ill, some even passing out.
  The incident is being investigated, but several concerned parents say they are scared to take their children back to campus.
  Haliam Gentry received an alarming message from her daughter’s school Wednesday. It was an alert about an incident involving several students.
  RELATED: Missing Siblings Who Ran Away F
  
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• PARADISE LOST: Cal Fire Says Camp Fire Has Wiped Out California Town

  09-11-2018 04:50
  BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (CBS13) – The fast-moving Camp Fire in Butte County, California has prompted mandatory evacuations and evacuation warnings in the area of Paradise. Head down the page for the latest updates.
  PHOTO GALLERY (swipe to advance)Rapidly-Spreading Wildfire In California's Butte County Prompts EvacuationsPARADISE, CA - NOVEMBER 08:A hospital worker embraces her co-worker as they evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital during the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018 in Parad
  
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• Camp Fire Closes Schools In Butte County On Friday

  09-11-2018 01:27
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — All schools in Butte County will be closed on Friday as a result of the Camp Fire.
  The fire exploded in size after it was spotted on Thursday morning and continues to grow. Smoke from the flames has spread throughout Northern California.
  RELATED: The Latest On The Camp Fire (11/8)
  The school closures cover all districts in the county, including those in Paradise, Chico, Oroville and the Butte County Office of Education as well.
  The schools will also be closed on Monday i
  
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• Camp Fire In Butte County Jumps to 18,000 Acres

  09-11-2018 00:30
  BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (CBS13) – The fast-moving Camp Fire in Butte County, California has prompted mandatory evacuations and evacuation warnings in the area of Paradise. Head down the page for the latest updates.
  Mandatory Evacuations: (Anyone in need of assistance to evacuate should call 911.)Nimshew Zone
  Lower Clark & Lower Skyway Zones
  Paradise
  Concow
  Pulga
  Carnegie Zone
  North Pines Zone
  North Fir Haven Zone
  South Fir Haven Zone
  South Pine Zone
  Old Magalia ZoneSouth Coutelenc Zone
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