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After Paradise

The Latest - FEMA/ Camp Fire Debris Sorting Site/Possible Water Contamination

Published December 20, 2018 at 10:33 AM PST
Marc Albert

  • Re-homing begins: Evacuee families will take up temporary residence in Gridley after local authorities approved a Federal Emergency Management Agency plan to locate 350 manufactured homes in the southern Butte County city. Officials are expected to announce similar large sites in Red Bluff and Oroville in coming days. 
  • Diamond Match Company is out as a debris sorting site: After pointed criticism from locals and elected leaders, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abandoned plans to sort, process and load Camp Fire debris onto rail cars at the former Diamond Match Co., site near the Barber Neighborhood in Chico. Noise, dust and traffic from 250-500 tractor-trailers a day would cause an undue burden that could not be properly mitigated. The Army Corps is now instead looking at two other locations in Oroville.
  • Don’t drink the water: Paradise’s water could possibly be contaminated with toxic chemicalsdue to the fire. According to a press release from the Paradise Irrigation District those returning to the town should use bottled water for drinking, teeth brushing and washing food until PID gets back the results of tests they did on the water system.
  • Last evacuation orders have been lifted: The final roadblocks and checkpoints are gone as of the weekend and residents are finally returning to Paradise. What they’re finding, is a town shattered. Landmarks both are destroyed. Ashes are what remains of the vast majority of homes. Many businesses were damaged beyond repair.
  • USPS is making the rounds: Mail delivery has resumed at the Paradise Post Office. Residents can obtain their mail by showing identification at the counter. Mail distribution had earlier been moved to Chico.
  • Few are still missing: The number of people listed as missing remains at just three. Throughout the duration of the fire’s chaos, desperate family and friends, along with more distant relatives and estranged acquaintances reported thousands of people missing. Authorities have solved 3,266 of cases and are working leads on the final three. Detectives have reasons to believe they will be found alive. The death toll remains at 86.
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