. >> reporter: carol campbell is from concow. she knows her house, her mother's and her daughter's have all burned to the ground, but what adds to her anguish is the feeling that her little community is being overlooked. >> a lot of us lost our homes and nobody cares. somebody has got to care about us, too. >> actually, there's about, oh, 20 homes left. >> reporter: carey green's property is the exception. his wife was able to escape at the height of the fire, but green stayed behind to help a neighbor. by the time he tried to leave, it was too late. >> the wind coming across here was about 50 miles an hour and the flames were straight across. it was incredible. it was like a monster coming down off the hill there from jarvo gap, and it came to destroy. >> reporter: green knows at least seven people who died in his town. carol campbell does, too. >> lots of my friends died in their cars, died in their homes because they couldn't get out. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the paradise elementary school. we have learned that

carol campbell does too. >> lots of my friends died in their cars and their homes because they couldn't get out. >> reporter: and we're expecting an update on the dealt toll in butte county. that's where the school officials, they're planning to meet tomorrow in chico to try to decide what to do with all the students who have been displaced from this community. live in paradise, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> laura, thank you. >>> new video shows fire crews at work on the fire line in butte county. firefighters and bulldozers were on the ground as they continues. smoke is still billowing high in the air. >> this is one of a family's daring escape from a camp fire. mirk shell simmons posted this video on facebook. listen to this frightening account as she and her family drive the six to safety. >> breathe. breathe, breathe, breathe. >> put your shirt over your mouth and breathe. >> take little breaths? oh, my god. there's explosions everywhere. oh, my god, people's tires are popping. >> go, go, go. just go this way, baby. the wind is blowing so hard. >> you can just feel the tear and the t

and shuts down new year's day, but this year the christmas carols and holiday lights will stop on christmas day. if you ever saw julie campbell, you'd never guess she just lost about everything. >> it's gone. yeah, it's gone. >> reporter: julie lost her home in the camp fire. tonight shem says she took a break from the strategic -- she says she took a break from the tragedy by going to a holiday event she's loved for decades with a friend. >> i haven't been here since my children were little, so this is a big night for me. >> reporter: so when they learned christmas in the park was forced to close a week early, they were disappointed and -- >> it's my baby, you know. of course, i'm going to be a little disappoint oned. >> reporter: -- they aren't the only ones. even christmas in the park executive director jason minski felt the same when he learned the college football championship game wanted to take over the park the first week at levi's. >> we decided to be a community player. so we'll make the sacrifice this year, close down a little bit early. >> reporter: but because thanksgiving was also a week early christmas in the p