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Camp Fire - Sunday: Death Toll Climbs To 76, More Than 1200 Missing

Photo by Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP Pool

This post is no longer being updated. You can find the latest information about the Camp Fire by clicking here.

Updated 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18

The #CampFire has consumed 149,500 acres and is 60% contained.

76 people are known to have died in the fire. The list of people missing and unaccounted for has grown to 1,276. For the full list of unaccounted for people, click here.

More than 12,000 homes, apartment complexes, businesses, and out-buildings have been have been destroyed since the fire started on Nov. 8. More than 5,600 personnel are now involved in the firefighting effort. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.

According the Butte County, website the following evacuation shelters are open and accepting new arrivals:

•             The Glenn County Fairgrounds in Orland

•             The Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley

•             And the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds in Yuba City

Shelters at the Oroville Nazarene Church, and the Neighborhood Church and Bidwell Junior High School in Chico, are full.

An Evacuation Disaster Recovery Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the former Sears store in the Chico Mall at 1982 East 20th Street. 

And finally, evacuation orders for Stilson Canyon Road from Humboldt Road to Lazy S Lane has been lifted and Hamlin Canyon and Lower Neal Zones have been reduced to Evacuation Warnings.

Updated 7:00 A.M. Sunday, Nov. 18

Five more fatalities have been reported, bringing the total to 76 killed in the fire. Four of the dead were located in Paradise and one in Concow. He also released the name of one additional victim, Lolene Rios, 56, of Paradise.

The list of people missing and unaccounted for from the fire has grown to 1,276.

More than 12,000 homes, apartment complexes and businesses have been have been destroyed since the fire started on November 8th. More than 5,600 personnel are involved in firefighting effort. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation

As it stands now, the blaze has consumed 149,500 acres and is 60% contained. It has destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

A Red Flag Warning remains in effect through this afternoon, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops. A major change in the weather is expected this week, with rain expected Wednesday and into Thursday.

Earlier Saturday, President Donald Trump got a first-hand view of the destruction caused by the Camp Fire when he toured Paradise and later met with first responder and Cal Fire officials at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico. Trump surveyed the damage with Governor Jerry Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, before flying to Southern California to view the damage of the Woolsey north of Los Angeles.

Updated 7:30 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17

 

The list of people missing and unaccounted for from the #CampFire has grown to 1,276, up more than 200 from yesterday.

At Saturday night’s press briefing, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea again stressed that the list is “dynamic” and that 714 people have been accounted from pervious lists.

“It’s very important to look at the list and call us if you’re on it,” he said. “Please help us out folks.”

The full list of unaccounted for people is on the Sheriff Department’s website.

Honea also reported that five more fatalities have been reported, bringing the total to 76 killed in the fire. Four of the dead were located in Paradise and one in Concow. He also released the name of one additional victim, Lolene Rios, 56, of Paradise.

After fighting the fire for the 10th day, officials reported that the blaze has consumed 149,000 acres and is 55% contained. It has destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

A Red Flag Warning has been posted for tonight into tomorrow morning, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops. A major change in the weather is expected next week, with rain expected Wednesday and into Thursday.

CalFire officials said that tonight’s event would be the last of the daily press briefings, but press conferences will be called as warranted. They stressed that ending the daily briefings doesn’t mean they aren’t committed to putting out relevant information in a timely manner.

Earlier today, President Donald Trump got a first-hand view of the destruction caused by the Camp Fire when he toured Paradise and later met with first responder and Cal Fire officials at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico.

Trump surveyed the damage with Governor Jerry Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, before flying to Southern California to view the damage of the Woolsey fire in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.

Also, if you are with a pop-up shelter, that is, an evacuee shelter not registered with Butte County, please call us at NSPR, even if you’re full, so that we can create a list of all the shelters in the area. The number is 898-6198. Again, we are trying to create a list of all shelters and their availability so if you are or know of a shelter not affiliated with Butte County, please call us at 898-6198.

And an Evacuation Disaster Recovery Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the former Sears store in the Chico Mall at 1982 East 20th Street. 

This will be our last hourly update of the night. Please tune in tomorrow morning during Weekend Edition for the latest on the Camp Fire.

 

 

Updated 5 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17

President Donald Trump got a first-hand view of the destruction caused by the Camp Fire when he toured Paradise on Saturday afternoon and later met with first responders and Cal Fire officials at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico.

Trump survey the damage with Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, before flying to Southern California to view the damage of the Woolsey fire in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.

Trump promised federal funds to help the area fight the fire, rebuild and manage forest lands.

“Right now we want to take care of the people that are so badly hurt,” Trump said. “The families, a lot of people have been lost. I guess Jerry (Gov. Brown), you don’t know what the final. We won’t know that for a while.”

More than 1.000 people are still listed as unaccounted for, and 71 have been listed as fatalities. More than 400 searchers continued looking for human remains in the ashes. Some 27,000 people, many of them retirees, lived in Paradise. Around 52,000 people have been driven out and have gone to shelters, motels, the homes of friends and relatives.

A Red Flag warning has been posted for tonight into tomorrow morning, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops.

NSPR will broadcast the 6 p.m. multi-agency press conference tonight, live from the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, technology permitting.

Updated 3 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17

After touring the destruction in Paradise, President Donald Trump, Governor Jerry Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom headed to the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico to meet with Cal Fire officials for a briefing.

Seeing first-hand the scale of the destruction, Trump promised federal funds to help the area fight the fire, rebuild and manage forest lands.

“Federal government is going to work with the state and local and we’re going to help them with funding, and it’s going to take a lot of funding,” he said.

Both Trump and Brown were asked if they felt climate change was making an impact to the number and size of the fires throughout California. Trump said he wants safe forests because “we can’t go through this every year.”

Brown added: “It’s not one thing, it’s a lot of things. I think if we just open our minds to look at things we’ll get more stuff done.”

Afterwards, Trump and all the state and local officials headed back to the presidential plane at Beale Air Force Base to head to Southern California, where they will tour the Woolsey Fire north of Los Angeles.

NSPR will broadcast the 6 p.m. multi-agency press conference tonight, live from the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, technology permitting.

If you are with a pop-up shelter, that is, a shelter not registered with Butte County, please call us at NSPR, even if you’re full, so that we can create a list of all the shelters in the area. The number is 898-6198. Again, we are trying to create a list of all shelters and their availability so if you are or know of a shelter not affiliated with Butte County, please call us at 898-6198.

Updated 1 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17

President Trump was in Paradise and Chico today talking with local and state officials, fire victims, first responders and Cal Fire officials.

After arriving in Chico about 11 a.m., his motorcade went directly to Paradise to see first-hand the devastating effects of the Camp Fire, which has now consumed more than 148,000 acres and is 55% contained. It has destroyed more than 12,000 structures. 

“Right now we want to take care of the people that are so badly hurt,” Trump said. “The families, a lot of people have been lost. I guess Jerry (Gov. Brown), you don’t know what the final, we won’t know that for a while.”

Trump, Brown, Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom and FEMA director Brock Long then went to the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds to meet with Cal Fire officials and receive a briefing on firefighter efforts.

“We’ll get it taken care of, thank you,” Trump said.

An Evacuation Disaster Recovery Center opened Friday for evacuees. It will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the former Sears store in the Chico Mall at 1982 East 20th Street.  

If you are with a pop-up shelter, that is, a shelter not registered with Butte County, please call us at NSPR, even if you’re full, so that we can create a list of all the shelters in the area. The number to call is 898-6198. Again, we are trying to create a list of all shelters and their availability so if you are or know of a shelter not affiliated with Butte County, please call us at 898-6198.

Updated 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17

President Trump landed at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville a little before 10 this morning. He was greeted by Governor Jerry Brown and governor-elect Gavin Newsome… Congressman Doug LaMalfa joined Trump on Air Force One for the trip to California. 

His helicopter landed at Chico Airport just moments ago, and is expected to go to Paradise to meet with first responders and search and rescue crews. Later this morning, he’s expected to travel into Chico to meet with people who escaped the fire.

This afternoon, President Trump, Governor Brown and Governor-elect Newsome will fly to southern California to meet with fire officials and victims of the Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

The shelter at the Glenn County Fairgrounds is open and accepting evacuees. The Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Chico said closing it will be closing the makeshift evacuee shelter at the church on Tuesday.

More than 400 searchers continued looking for human remains in the ashes. Some 27,000 people, many of them retirees, lived in Paradise. Around 52,000 people have been driven out and have gone to shelters, motels, the homes of friends and relatives.

Air quality will remain at hazardous levels today with some possible improvement tomorrow due to tonight’s winds.  A Red Flag warning has been posted for tonight into tomorrow morning, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops.

 

 
Updated 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17

Now burning in its ninth day, the #CampFire has now consumed more than 148,000 acres and is 55% contained. It has destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

At Friday night’s press briefing, Sheriff Kory Honea reported that an additional eight people have been added to the list of fatalities, bringing the total to 71.

Honea said the list of people unaccounted for has reached more than 1000. He stressed the list is “dynamic” and “it will fluctuate daily”. Many names on the list could be duplicates or people who are not aware that they’ve been listed as missing.

Meanwhile, a norovirus outbreak at shelters is making evacuees sick, and an unofficial evacuation camp that grew in the parking lot at the Chico Walmart is expected to close by tomorrow.

The Town of Paradise will hold a vigil tomorrow evening for all those impacted by the Camp Fire. The vigil is from 4pm-7pm at the First Christian Church of Chico. For more information, go to: paradiserecovers.org/vigil

Air quality will remain at hazardous levels today with some possible improvement tomorrow due to tonight’s winds. A Red Flag warning has been posted for tonight into tomorrow morning, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, will fly into Beale Air Force base in Marysville today to survey the damage from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.

 

 

 
Updated 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17

 

The #CampFire has now consumed more than 148,000 acres and is 55% contained. It has destroyed 9,700 single-family homes and counting multi-unit housing complexes, businesses and other structures, the total structures lost comes to 15,500.

At Friday night’s press briefing, Sheriff Kory Honea reported that an additional eight people have been added to the list of fatalities, bringing the total to 71. Seven additional bodies recovered in Paradise and one in Magalia. He also released the names of two more victims. They are Paula Dodge, 70, and Randall Dodge, 67, both of Paradise.

The Town of Paradise will hold a vigil Sunday evening for all those impacted by the fire. The vigil is from 4 to 7 p.m. at the First Christian Church of Chico. For more information, click here.

Earlier Friday, Superintendent of Schools for Butte County Tim Taylor said all schools will now be out until Dec. 3, a week longer than originally announced. Chico State University announced that classes there will resume on Nov. 26.

A Red Flag warning has been posted for tonight into tomorrow morning, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops.

Air quality will remain poor today with possible improvement tomorrow due to winds.  

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, will travel to the disaster zone tomorrow to get a look at the grief and damage from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. 

 

Updated at 9 p.m. Friday 

 

At last report, the fire has consumed 146,000 acres and is 50% contained. It has destroyed 9,700 single-family homes and counting multi-unit housing complexes, businesses and other structures, the total structures lost comes to 12, 263. 
 

At tonight’s press briefing, Sheriff Kory Honea reported that an additional eight people have been added to the list of fatalities, bringing the total to 71. Seven additional bodies recovered in Paradise and one in Magalia. He also released the names of two more victims. They are Paula Dodge, 70, and Randall Dodge, 67, both of Paradise.  

  

The list of people unaccounted for from the devastating Camp Fire has now topped 1,000. Sheriff Honea stressed that this list be delivered with context that many of the names could be duplicates, multiple misspellings for the same individual or names of people who may not be aware that they’ve been listed as missing. 

 

He added that the expanded list is coming from three sources: 

  • Calls to the missing persons hotline 
  • Emails to his office 
  • Cross-checking data taken my emergency dispatchers in the early hours of the fire. 

They have accounted for 339 people who have previously been listed as missing and the full list of unaccounted for people is on the Sheriff Department’s website.
 
 
To report a missing person or to report that someone believed missing is found, call one of these phone numbers:

  • 530.538.6570  
  • 530.538.7544  
  • 530.538.7671   

 38 California sheriff’s offices have personnel assisting the recovery and law enforcement effort, including search and rescue teams, drone and K-9 teams and coroners.  
 
Fire officials and weather forecasters are concerned about this weekend and the possibility of strong winds.   
 
A Red Flag warning -- meaning high fire danger – is posted for tomorrow night into Sunday morning, with potential wind gusts of 45-50 mph, especially in the ridge tops. 
 
Air quality will remain poor tomorrow with possible improvement Sunday because of the wind gusts. A major change in the weather is expected next week, with rain expected Wednesday and into Thursday. 
 
Earlier Friday, Superintendent of Schools for Butte County Tim Taylor said all schools will now be out until Dec. 3, a week longer than originally announced. Chico State University announced that classes there will resume on Nov. 26.  
 
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, will travel to the disaster zone tomorrow to get a look at the grief and damage from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century and could encounter locals resentful over his suggestion California is to blame for its misfortune.  
 
 

Updated at 6:30  p.m. Friday

With 71 people confirmed dead in the Northern California wildfire, authorities Friday tried to winnow down a slapped-together list of the missing more 1,011 names long, hoping many of them got out safely in the chaos over a week ago.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, will travel to the disaster zone Saturday to get a look at the grief and damage from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century and could encounter locals resentful over his suggestion California is to blame for its misfortune.

Butte County spokeswoman Miranda Bowersox said the "unaccounted for" list released by the sheriff's office late Thursday was an effort to put names out there so people can call in to say they are OK.

The roster probably includes some who fled the blaze and do not realize they've been reported missing along with duplicate names, Sheriff Kory Honea said.

Updated at 5:03 p.m. Friday

According to Tim Taylor, Superintendent of Schools for Butte County, all schools will now be out until December 3rd. Chico State has just issued a statement that classes there will resume on November 26th.

The following portions of the Cherokee evacuation zone (Zone A) have been reduced to an evacuation warning.

  • Highway 70 from Highway 149 north to Pentz Rd. is reduced to an evacuation warning. The areas north of Highway 70 at Pentz Rd. remain under evacuation order to include the upper end of Cherokee Rd. and Flag Canyon Rd. All areas west of Highway 70 remain under evacuation order, this includes Clark Rd., Wheelock Rd. and Pentz Rd.
  • The area of Cherokee Rd. north from Table Mountain Blvd. to Red Tape Rd. is reduced to an evacuation warning. All areas north of Cherokee Rd. and Red Tape Rd. remain under evacuation order, this includes Louise Ln. and Condor Rd.
  • Cherokee Rd. and Oregon Gulch Rd. will be open to residents via Cherokee Rd. at Table Mountain Blvd.

The fire is currently still 142,000 acres in size.
We will broadcast the 6 p.m. multi-agency press conference live from the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, technology permitting.

Check out CalFire's interactive map. Enter an address and view the surrounding area. https://tinyurl.com/y8pr936d

Update at 1:34 p.m. on Friday Nov. 16

According to Cal Fire, firefighters made good progress on the northern and eastern flanks of the Camp Fire Thursday night. As of Friday morning, perimeter growth had slowed with containment now at 45 percent. 

 

Though fire emissions continue to decrease, smoke impacts have worsened in many places as smoke accumulates under the strong inversion lid on the floor of the Central Valley and Bay Area. Regionally smoke levels are in the hazardous range at sites directly in path of the smoke coming out of the Feather River Canyon, south into the Sacramento and Bay Area. 

 

Today and tomorrow this pattern will likely persist and may worsen in some places south of the fire as smoke accumulates. Some limited clearing may occur this afternoon north of the fire in the Redding area, but Chester and areas northeast of the fire in the higher elevations may start to see more smoke. 

The fire remains 142,000 acres in size. It’s destroyed more than 9,800 homes and 63 people have been confirmed to be dead. Thelist of those missing or unaccounted for is more than 600.  

 

An Evacuation Disaster Recovery Center will open Friday for evacuees. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the former Sears store in the Chico Mall at 1982 East 20th Street.  

 

The center is a one stop shop where evacuees can connect with federal and state agencies, and apply for disaster assistance and other aid. Information will be available about homeowners’ insurance, rebuilding preparation, utility service and replacing vital records and official documents destroyed in the fire. 

 

Authorities are asking evacuees to register online at the disasterassistance.gov, or to call 800-621-3362. Operators are scheduled to staff that number from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. 

 

According to the White House, President Trump will be visiting California on Saturday to speak to people displaced due to the Camp fire. We will release more details as we get them. 

 

For a map of current evacuations click  here.  

Update at 6:34 a.m. on Friday Nov. 16

The Camp Fire has burned through more than 140,000 acres and is 40 percent contained as of Cal Fire’s last report at 7 last night. The number of those confirmed dead is now 63. According to the Butte County Sheriff Thursday evening, the list of those missing or unaccounted for has now grown to more than 600

An Evacuation Disaster Recovery Center will open Friday for evacuees. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the former Sears store in the Chico Mall at 1982 East 20th Street. 

The center is a one stop shop where evacuees can connect with federal and state agencies, and apply for disaster assistance and other aid. Information will be available about homeowners’ insurance, rebuilding preparation, utility service and replacing vital records and official documents destroyed in the fire.

Authorities are asking evacuees to register online at the disasterassistance.gov, or to call 800-621-3362. Operators are scheduled to staff that number from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

According to the White House, President Trump will be visiting California on Saturday to speak to people displaced due to the Camp fire. We will release more details as we get them.

For a map of current evacuations click here