paradise a city of 27,000 people. the fire has now burned all the way to highway 99 and almost reached the outskirts of chico. we have live team coverage of this fire tonight. we have the latest on the firefight. we start with tom vacar who made it into paradise today and the devastation there very widespread. tom. >> reporter: well, look how dark it is right now. that's because of the pall of smoke all around us. it's incredible how much smoke there is up here right now. now, many of the people up in paradise love their town and many of them say that they will be rebuilding. but as we learned from other major fires for many folks, it will be paradise lost. >>> reporter: the speed with which the fires came almost lightning. we found two areas where jars abandoned and people thought it was more wise to run. high up on the skyway some 20 to 30 vehicles were on the side of the road, in ditches and others in the middle of the road. but the worst in terms of total destruction and consequences came in this neighborhood wher

b mac born and raised in paradise. been coaching there for about 18 years, and all i know is paradise. the golden state has been so generous to us. it means a ton.>> everyone tells me that they are resilient. the boys and girls basketball teams resume practice one week after the fire. the question remains, how many people will return to paradise to rebuild. >>> a suspect has been arrested for trying to set fire to an apartment complex in oakland. on the same night a much larger fire destroyed a new development that was nearing completion. police say the smaller fire was at a building near peralta and 32nd. someone tried to start it, but fortunately the fire didn't spread. now, they have been charged in a federal court. he is accused of breaking a window to get inside the building. he set fire to throom. he left behind a gas can, a lighter, hammer, and his dna after he was startled by a security guard. police and services commit interest in -- in connection of this arrest of arson. we showed you video of the crime on mo

the six found today were inside homes in paradise. survivors at the meeting tonight said they're grateful to be alive. >> that's pretty much what's left of my house. >> >> reporter: a paradise survivor in the front row of this briefing eager for answers. >> right now i own a birth bath achimney and fireplace. are and she considers herself lucky because he had insurance on her home. she was stuck between hope and not knowing and a friend working in the ures. it's hard because i want to go up and i want closure. >> reporter: residents are being told it will be the end of the month, maybe early december, before they set foot in the area. they are having to secure the property. >> there is potential for falling limings and trees and collapsing walls and chimneys. >> reporter: the sheriff says it's possible with so many homes and potential victim, residents could stumble upon human remains. >> i know that's a very difficult thing to think about but that's the difficult situation we find our severals in today. >> reporter: the sheriff was b

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small town of paradise -- is geting wiped out. >>> tonight as we speak the small town of paradise is getting wiped out. hospital, church and school. this is new video of the fire's fury. hundreds of homes burned and thousands of people on the move. >> approximately 24,000 residents, majorityt their fireho the bay if cult and dangerous night for firefighters as well. primary mission now is saving lives. >> video painting a heartbreaking picture of the situation northeast of us. unclear how many homes and businesses have been lost. hope is all evacuees are making it out safely. started 6:30 this morning east of chico and exploded, triggering a mass evacuation and terror for people. 15,000 threatened. cheryl hurd from paradise. i've spoken to aot of people in bay area worried about family member paradise. >> reporter: they are. and what you're looking at used to be a home. used to be entire neighborhood. and it's burned to the ground. as you can see, winds are picking up, shifting and there's no containment in sight. paradise is burning. >> went from zero to nuclear very, very fast. >>

last night on the ten o'clock news, he record from the paradise area. >> -- he reported from the paradise area. >> he said this is hearsay, this is what he told me, he said it sounds gone, he said 80% of that town is destroyed. >> bill says it took some evacuees 6 to 9 hours to get to safety, they had to drive through jammed up roads. some evacuees pulled along the road and slept inside of the to members who can't reach each other after a disaster. the sheriff's office is getting hundreds of calls for deputies to check on the fire zone who are not accounted for right now. you can find the link on our website k tv u.com. >>> the red flag warning expires at 7:00 this morning. pg&e shut off power to thousands of homes in butte county and they didn't shut off customers in the bay area despite the red flag warning, weather conditions locally did not measure. speaking of weather conditions, lets check in with steve about the air quality, will there will be anything that helps today? >> not today. >> and the firefight, it's dry -- >> it's dry and it will be windy. at least through the morning ho

>paradise is lost.. all that's left are piles of rubble..after the deadly camp fire swept through town.. trump's first stop was paradise, as his motorcade made way through thick air full of smoke ..he walked the path of destruction, to see for himself.the aftermath and grief that took 76 lives, left more than a thousand unaccounted for and thousands without homes.then there were cheers...and jeers.. as the president makes his next stop at the cal fire command center in chico,where he met with first responders.the visit co

the town of paradise lost, the entire city of malibu evacuated.least five are dead as flames sweep toward the coast. plus, recounts, lawsuits, and protests in florida with election results in limbo. all that and more beginning with the headlines in 60 seconds. >> out-of-control fires are on the move in california. o tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. >> by the time i got out of my house, it was like everything was on fire. >> reporter: every car, every house is gone. >> an hour of utter panic and fear. uren, everything burned out. >> reporter: the entire city of malibu is now under a mandatory evacuation.

this is what remains of a safeway store in paradise.he center of town, just a couple block away from the center of paradise. the froms said that the whole town of paradise is gone. and the chief said pretty much destroyed. and he said that a lot of people that lived in paradise will have to rebuild. we're focus is on the camp fire up in butte county and burned 7 70,000 acres. -- 70,000 acres. it is just 5% contained. >>> authorities in southern california are still looking for the motive helped a mass shooting at a country music bar in thousand oaks, california. the man shot and killed 12 people, including a deputy. 28-year-old ian long, a former marine, then killed himself. the neighbors said that he and his mother went through difficult time and at times could be hear yelling at each other. they believe that he may have been going through ptsd. >>> some of the shooting victims have been identified. sergeant ron helus was the first imagine responder on the scene. and 22-year-old cody kauffman died in the shooting. he leaves behind thre

(vicki) paradise."(vicki) there will be a website set up where you can locate and identify your car. we will have a link to the website on our kron4 app. there is a special team being brought in from sacramento to identify vehicles burned beyond recognition. jody jones/ mayor of paradise, ca: "my biggest concern is that we have the resources to clean up the debris and get the safety hazards out of the way so that we can get our people in so they can view their property as soon as possible." (grant) that was the mayor of paradise saying her biggest worry is how they'll be able to get people back to their properties to assess what's left.(vicki) while we know cars are a major part of debris... kron4's dan thorn spent the day touring the rest of the devestation in paradise. the camp fire leaves behind scorched vehicles and homes in the town of paradise...dozens of people have been killed and hundreds have been unaccounted for..some houses have remained untouched while many others were not so lucky..debra b

that is paradise. and with that defined northeasterly wind pushing all the fire in rapid pace to the west. so that is the current coverage right now, at least according to calfire with what is now the camp fire. showing you the conditions around the fires. this is a nice little development. winds have backed off quite a bit. you actually see a calm wind. five miles per hour, numb eight miles per hour last night. these winds were over 30, approaching 40 miles per hour. a bit of a break in the weather for tonight and into a good portion of saturday. by saturday night, wind speeds will be ramping up. especially by 10:0 east bay hills. and the santa cruz mountains. we could have winds gusting to over 45 mile per hour. satellite showing you this. way up to the north. this is a dry weather pattern. at least for the overnight hours, chilly weather pattern. look at some of these numbers now. some 40s showing up in santa rosa and napa where we have a foster advisory overnight for the northbay valleys. look at t

. >> the warriors pull off special surprise for fire evacuees from the town of paradise. good evening. >>> let's start with a live look outside from our camera on the richmond san rafael bridge. you can see there, rain mostly cleared up. getting a break after seeing pop up showers. >> earlier the rain overwhelmed some roadways in the bay area. here in san francisco, southbound 101 submerged, caltrans crew his to go out in knee-deep water to clear the clogged drains. chp dealt with dozens of rain- related recs. the east bay also battered by the storm. downtown concord, a sea of puddles and soggy umbrellas. >>> we have team coverage in the south bay first let's get to our ologist teshowers def do >>are,scattered shower and downpours on the radar right now. heavy showers lasting 5 or 10 minutes. pleasant hill and concord. another one out towards discovery bay. napa and vacaville and fairfield. rainfall totals impressive in the santa cruz mountains, clearly taking the kick today. 3 inches of rain there. almost 1 inch for novardo. 1/10th as much stuff in the air as we had just

>paradise is lost..ll that's left are piles of rubble..after the deadly camp fire swept through town.. trump's first stop was paradise, as his motorcade made way through thick air full of smoke ..he walked the path of destruction, to see for himself.the aftermath and grief that took 76 lives, left more than a thousand unaccounted for and thousands without homes.then there were cheers...and jeers.. as the president makes his next stop at the cal fire command center in chico,where he met with first responders.the visit come

in paradise, katie nielsen, kpix5.ted this side by side comparison. >>> the national weather service believes the air quality will get worse tomorrow. they even tweeted this side by side comparison. the left was from today and you can see the right side is worse. that's what they expect for tomorrow. you know, they were handing out masks, brian, at the raider game today because of the air quality. >> there's the sun. >> absolutely. you can see some of the people with the masks on there. there was some question whether to have the game in the bay area or at the away team, texas. >> the game did manage to go on, but the smoke conditions were pretty bad and the wind conditions are as well. camp fire has winds that were strong at 6:00 tonight. in the futurecast the winds expand a little bit overnight tonight, bad news, but they do begin to ease as we head into tomorrow morning. air quality continues to be bad. most of the plume was north of the bay area earlier today, but the high pressure moves closer to the shoreline. th

>now - the town of paradise is paradise lost complete devastation from the camp fire.it has burned moreacres home after homereduced to rubble.jacob is one of the thousands of residents who lost their home.but feels lucky to make it out alive. (gayle) (gayle)jacob is putting things in perspective and plans to rebuild his home and return back to work on wednesday.one of his passengers texted me if it wasn't for his ride - she and her family would have been stuck in the fire.live in the newsroom gayle ong kron 4 news (mabrisa)i have your forecast coming up a bit later on... (bump out) (justine) today is veterans day... a day to honor all military service-members. at arlington national cemetery in virginia, the annual wreath laying ceremony was held at the tomb of the unknown soldier. veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie laid the wreath. many bay area schools and government offices are closed on monday in ho

this is in paradise. we have new video showing the terrifying drive an unfamily made as they evacuated. >> we're going to get fire. >> no, we're going to get out of here. >> you are listening to joe allen talking to his young daughter. he's trying to stay calm and comfort her. at one point even singing a song so she wouldn't be afraid and then celebration as they would pass the flames. >> look, we're past it, we're out of it, okay? >> yay! >> yay! >> you did it, you did it! >> we did it together. >> all four made it to chico safely. let's go back to our nbc chopper in butte county. so many people are trying to find their loved ones. the sheriff's office is encouraging people to call the number right there that we've posted on the screen to request a welfare check or file a missing person's report. can you go to safe and well.org. we placed this on our home page at nbcbayarea.com. >> look at the scope of how much has burned. this is a satellite image. it comes from a usga satellite yesterday. since then, t

in chico, carlos salcedo, abc 7 news. >> carlos, thanks very much. >>> in the nearby town of paradiseals estimate only two out of ten homes, maybe only one out of ten homes are still standing. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has more on the destruction there. >> we're in downtown paradise, a town that 26,000 people called home. that is before the fire. now it's a town that's been virtually destroyed in less than 24 hours. the road through paradise is now lined with scenes of apocalyptic destruction and jarring signs of sheer terror and panic. abandoned cars line the roadways. there are trucks, even a school bus among them. some even ran off the road or smashed into one another as drivers tried to escape the wall of flames. now we know at least five people here didn't make it out. though the wind-driven flames have moved through, what's left in their wake is devastating. in every direction left and right, street after street, the homes are gone. and so are most of the businesses. >> the town's devastated. it's devastated. we're grateful that we got people out as quickly as we did yes

fitz patrick is just one of those who lots a home in paradise. he's now at the chico elks lodge, a shelter that is filled to capacity. >> we're all in the same boat, but we're coming together in numbers and we'll come out of this stronger than before. >> we want to switch to the very latest briefing coming from cal fire in chico. let's go to that. >> 52,000 people have been evacuated from the fire. our current residential structures destroyed are 6,453. broke out just our current commercial structures that are destroyed are 260. put this at a total of 6,713 structures destroyed from the fire. >> good evening, josh bishop, bay tall chief and operation section chief for -- battalion chief and operation chief for bay 4. working down the 70 corridor we were able to hold the fire down along the 70 corridor to powe. in the area of powe we did have a slopover over the feather river drainage. it ran up to the ridge across the feather ridge drainage and is holding about 1,000 to 1,200 acres. it is holding along the ridge. we have not seen much progression

how could god take a town away that's called paradise?"(vicki) now at five -- we are hearing stories of survival from people who managed to escape the flames in paradise. the fire is the most destructive in state history -- dozens of people have lost their lives and many more remain missing,. hello i'm vicki liviakis. hello i'm vicki liviakis. (grant) and i'm grant lodes. tonight the "camp fire" in butte county continues to rage out of control. 29 people are dead and 228 are still missing. the fire has burned 113-thousand burned 113- thousand acres and it is just 25-percent contained. more than 6-thousand homes have been destroyed and 15-thousand are still threatened tonight. (vicki) kron4's dan thorn is live in chico tonight... dan, how are those affected coping with the devastation? vicki and grant..the camp fire was merciless in the town of paradise..thousands of burned vehicles still lining the roads and so much clean up to be done as the fire rages on.. however, i spoke with some people today who despite all the destruction..are thank

paradise is home to me. it's just absolutely heartbreaking to drive through paradise and see the level of destruction.> (ken)destruction.>(ken)(ken) hawks does say he is optimistic for the rebuild of paradise. saying the city will have all the attributes it had before... including a close knit community. (pam) with so much loss... there are also many people in need. while groups such as the red cross and the salvation army are requesting monetary donations for those who want to help fire victims, one north bay organization is collecting everything from new clothing to towels to toiletries. (ken) kron 4's dan kerman is in petaluma with more on how you can help victims of the wildfire. (ken) the extreme fire conditions are fueling these fires up and down california. (pam) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here with what firefighters are facing.... what are conditions like? lawrence karnow: smoke from the camp fire cintinues to bring poor air quality to the bay area. unhealthy air continues to sit over mos

we have a certain spirit amongst the people of the town of paradise that, yeah, we should love paradise. >> each council member lost a home and the focus now is rebuilding. fema pledged their support and rs calleonyor resithe of the evacuation and growing death toll. >> you know that we could have had a plan that was better. the reason we couldn't get everyone out is you couldn't fit 26,000 people on the roads at the same time. >> mayor jones says that she will not resign. >>> this morning, pg&e is facing its first lawsuit over the deadly fire. a group of attorneys has filed suit in san francisco on behalf of about two dozen victims. they are accusing pg&e of failing to properly maintain its power lines and are demanding a jury trial. although the cause of the fire is undetermined, the utility told state regulators last week it had a problem with a transmission line in the area just before the fire erupted. in statement, pg&e says it is aware of the lawsuits but its primary focus is on the communities and supporting first responders as they work to contain the fire. >>> this morning, in

west of that is the hard hit city of paradise. at least 74 people have been killed in that area, more than 1,000 others remain missing. the president arrived, she meeting with local officials, and that is the extent of what we know thus far about what will be happening, unclear if he will be touring the raefr, or if he will be meeting people at another off site location. thousands of krresidents now in pop up tent cities, those that have lost homes including half of the paradise police force. >> my 3-year-old son keeps asking why can't we just go home. and i don't know what to tell him. >> paradise is a city of 26,000 in all the campfire has now burned 441,000 acres, that is about the size of chicago. the fire is now about 55% contained. kaylee is near by in chico where hundreds of families are figuring out what to do next, are they aware the president arrived there in chico and that he will be seeing for himself what folks are going through? >> well, as a couple volunteers here just explained to me, they're looking for all of the

he grew up in paradise. he was there all day yesterday reporting for us from the fire lines outside the fire lines. you got too close and had to move. what's it like to see the area that you grew up in changing into ruins by the second? >> the thing with paradise is it's built on a ridge. you have the feather river canyon and the butte creek canyon. the town is in the middle on a ridge life. all my life we had fires. they would have one in the canyon and they would get it down and at butte creek. so we were used to fires but never -- this one came across town. town has never burned. never burned. >> what changed? >> um -- it's a tough one. that's a tough one. when i was a kid growing up they used to show us movies of how to evacuate a town. they were scary. i remember back in the day, they shoulder these old movies. i remember thinking we would never need that. fires were always easy to contain in the canyons. i don't know -- i don't know what's changed. i suspected a lot of things whether it be that we're s

perhaps paradise will as well. larry and ama?cristen 37 one elaborated leader believes k58 cal can do more to prevent fire firefighters. republican tomasier to clear overgrown bush from forests. right now that program only exists in the tahoe basin. however, expanding it tots statd require eliminating several areas of environmental review. >> when our laws are impeding our ability to protect our forests from forest fire that ought to tell us it's time we revisited them. >> reporter: mcclintock also believes changing the law could reduce the achl timber harvested and that could boost local economies in california. >> in napa this morning what had already been a plapd rally took on extra sivt significance following last week's mass shooting in thousand oaks. wayne freedman was there as the cowed gathered, spoke and marched. >> imagine the kind of event you could never want to attend but could not stay away. that happened in napa this morning. >> our sfunt leaders figured if out. >> reporter: the mix of pligsz parents children all p

james cook, bbc news, paradise, in california. brenda lee rogers lives in thousand oaks, california, and was evacuated last night to camarillo, one town over. earlier she described what happened when she got the call to leave. last night, we were at the vigil because we have a friend that was killed at the borderline, and my daughter and i came back from that and got back quite late, and we could see the fires growing on the hills near our house. my husband and my son were home and when we came in, i said "i think we need to start packing." we hadn't got any alerts yet but ijust was really nervous, so we started putting things in that we cared about. my children went off to get those things that they cared about and i my photo albums and the work my kids had made and, of course, passports and necessary documents, and got everything sort of packed up, and my children, my daughter brought down her books and my son brought down his collection of cards because that's what they valued. we had all our things lined up by the door. we dec

getting out of paradise was crazy. at the bottom there was a fire and telephone poles and fire through the street and you had to drive through and pray. >> obviously, i'm your uncle and so glad you're safe. is there any talk about going back to work down the road and just count your blessings, i guess, right. >> right. i can't believe so many did make it out. i'm so pleased about how my friends and family are safe. the kind garden wing got burnt and the calf fear i can't. i heard something about the nursing area. the other school in paradise is not standing. there's damage at the high school a little bit. most of the schools are standing as far as we know at this point. but no, i have no idea when we'll go back to school and what we'll look like. the families are all in surrounding areas fled into other states and so i don't know what will happen. >> i'm glad you're safe, lisa. i would give you a big hug if i could. get well and take a few weeks to gather your thoughts. >> absolutely. thank you, frank. i love you. >> a

since fire leveled paradise. but some butte county survivors are casting blame, for the chaotic evacuation. >>> now at 11:00. the first town meeting since fire leveled paradise. some butte county survivors are casting blame for the chaotic evacuati. > tonight, people lost ndg is e >>> and the first lady takes aim at a top white house aid, her stunning move. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >>> we begin with new developments on the camp fire in butte county. the death toll now stands officially at 48 after 6 more bodies were recovered today. nearly 9,000 structures destroyed. butte county sheriff say they have arrested six people now for looting in the evacuated zone. governor jerry brown and interior secretary zinky will visit the area tomorrow. >>> the fire consumed 203 square miles and it is only 35% contained tonight. >> we have team coverage. joe has the latest on the search and recovery efforts but we begin with emily turner who is live in chico where the paradise town council actually met for the first tim

paradi paradise lost. wildfires tearing across the state, taking lives and decimating entire communities. now the fires are showing no signs of slowing down. acting governor gavin newsom has asked the white house for emergency funds. from the south to the north, officials are reporting the first deaths from these fires, and that number just rose. within the last hour, a sixth death has been confirmed from the camp fire in butte county. the other five people died cars. 70,000 acres burned, an homes a buildings destroyed. fire dispatch audio is pointing to pg&e lines as a potential cause. one of the transmission lines did go out there before the fire started. thousand here in t now here in the bay area, smoke a major problem, youth sport the canceled. many weekend events now in limbo. we have a team up and down california covering all the angles of this breaking story. we begin with cheryl hurd in paradise, and that's a turn that literally has been burned off the map. >> reporter: it has indeed. and here's a

in the town of paradise, magalia, there was a lot of work. we continue to find hotspots and dangerous, hazardous areas, for we continue to work hard and put a lot of equipment in there to contain those hazards. although we had poor visibility and were not able to fly any aircraft, we were able to make good progress. we had a in operation plan in there for this evening, that will tie in from held town, -- helltown, and connect that area below magalia. above magalia, moving toward sterling city, the fire did continue to progress. we were able to put secondary and primary dozer lines around sterling city, to help kind of guide the fire away from sterling city. we were successful in doing that and we were continuing to build direct and indirect lines across the tops and working back down toward the river drainage. today was a very successful day. however, there was a lot of challenges. the swirling winds and the limited visibility in multiple areas along with the steep, inaccessible terrain were some of the main challenges for today. thank you. >

paradise 48 to start, there are observations that it's colder than that. but, it's trying to get as close as i can, the highs are in the upper 60s and 70s. there's a northeast breeze, seeing observations coming off of twitter. >>> hazy skies, breezy for some and smoky skies today. it will bring the high temperatures down a little bit. some observations are saying cloudy, it's not colloids that's smoke and haze, you can see off the oakland and berkeley hills, there's the wind coming in at 20 or 30 miles per hour at the berkeley lab, there's a warm pattern for us. 30s, 40s and 50s to almost 60s degrees, we'll end up with 70s for highs today. >>> 5:08, sal is here looking at the screen, friday night or something new. >> it's slow coming into the altamont pass which is normal, steve, the rest of the commute seems light for now, it's early and you can get a jump on the commute. i'm looking here at 580 westbound and as you drive out to the altamont pass, it's slow here on 205 and the road work, once you get passed the road work, to livermore, there's slow traffi

but what we just saw, weusleft . >> paradise. >> paradise. >> you have to remember the name.st there. >> that's uncomfortable. >> it's not like it's been in the news or anything, right? >>> parrots, they are known to copy cat. this one in england took it a little too far. he mimicked a smoke alarm. listen closely. here's the real alarm. >> all right. now, this is jazz the parrot. [ beeping ] >> that second one sounded much more like the smoke alarm. it went off only once. jazz continued to just a false . >> that is a talented parrot. >> replace thepaot is going to mim sound. >> joe biden iselcoming a new addition p htos of the time with his new pup major. major is from a litter of german shepherd puppies. the humane society said biden reached out immediately after they posted on facebook asking for help. the bidens fostered major before adopting him. now the new pup will join the other german shepherd named champ. they look like a good pair. >> how cute is that to start your monday off? don't be go anywhere because just ahead, extreme surfers take on a 50-foot wave in portuga

xie northern california town of paradise is essentially gone.resident trump on saturday saw the devastation for himself. again, suggesting better forest management could prevent such disasters. governor jerry brown responded on "face the nation." >> and the president has talked about how our forests are managed, that's an element. but there's also the way the houses are built, the materials, what kind of vegetation is around. and then there's also the changing climate and the increasing drought, and the lowered humidity and water eredr. >> quijano: meg oliver now on the staggering losses and questions about the missing. >> reporter: as the search continues for human remains in paradise, the number of people nuill unaccounted for has soared to more than 1200. but when you hear the fact that more than 1200 people are unaccounted for, does that indicate the death toll is going to continue to climb? >> we've had a massive evacuation, you know, over 40,000 people were displaced from their homes, and they were epread out through northern wlifornia. al

this is the main drag to paradise. we're outside of paradise. we have not seen the devastation just yet. we will make the way to paradise to see the destruction. we know that the devastation is vast here. we can take you to the video of what this fire looked like yesterday and the day before. now, the good news is that they just said that they made progress overnight. that's definitely much needed given how terrible the fire has been. we know that 52000 evacuated and many will not have a home to go back to. nine people lost their live in the fire. five of those people were found in the cars. one inside of a house and three outside of the homes. this fire exploded on wednesday morning and moved quickly. they say that 6400 home scamps 200 buildings were taken down. the campfire is massive. now, cal fire just report that had the number is up from 90 thousand to 100 acres. really to put that in to perspective, that's three times bigger than san francisco. the good news is that it only grew 10,000 acres overnight. the winds are died down but expected

the fire swept through the town of paradise. more than 30,000 people have evacuated and both directions of 99 are closed after flames jumped the road. acting governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency. it's exploded to 20,000 acres since it started yesterday morning. officials describe a scene of mass devastation. thousands of structures destroyed. video shows an entire school on fire with half the sign burned away and several homes up in flames. 15,000 more structures are threatened right now. the butte county sheriff is trying to confirm reports of multiple fatalities. >>> joining us now on the phone, we have a cal fire captain. are you with us? >> yes. >> are firefighters making any progress? we know firefights like this last for several weeks. >> reporter: there's so much devastation in such a wide area, that's the problem. there's about 2500 individuals assigned to that incident in a very short time so that was good news from the beginning. as far as what the tactics are, it's basically as you can imagine almost ev

>now - the town of paradise is paradise lost complete devastation from the camp fire.it has burned more one-hundred-thousand acres home after homereduced to rubble.jacob is one of the thousands of residents who lost their home.but feels lucky to make it out alive. ( robin ) a total of 52-thousand people have been evacuated from the camp fire. evacuation centers are housing some of those people across the region. but those evacuees are still waiting to find out the fate of their homes and others are looking for missing family members. kron 4's sara stinson has the story of several evacuees during this tragic time. <"i'm here at the butte county fairgrounds in gridley. one of several evacuation centers. i've witnessed reunions with people who have been looking for loved ones for days. i've also met some who are still looking for missing family members."><"we didn't know if he was alive for awhile!"> diane pape

paradise is home to me.awks does say he is optimistic for the rebuild of paradise. saying the city will have all the attributes it had before... including a close knit community. ( darya ) back here in the bay area pep housing in petaluma has been a collection point for people wanting to donate to victims of the camp fire pep housing is a non profit corporation which provides affordable housing for low income seniors and veterans. pep housing is only collecting new clothing, as well as food, towels and toiletries among other things... donation hours are 8 a-m to 430 in the afternoon. on friday they plan to load everything onto a truck and drive it up to butte county. ( darya ) and if you would like to help the victims of the 'camp fire'. the american red cross is accepting donations.. you can check kron 4 dot com for details. kron 4 dot com for details. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...the 49ers may have lost last night's game... but it will always be a memorable one for the special guests

james cook, bbc news, paradise, in california. spoke to out correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles, about whether there's any sign of the fires being brought under control. certainly not in the next few hours. these fires, if past experience is anything to go by, could be being battled for days before they are under control. at times, firefighters actually stop fighting the fire and focused entirely on getting people out of this most affected areas, like the talent paradise that we have just been hearing about and areas like malibu in the south of california, which is under a total evacuation order. this isa under a total evacuation order. this is a town of some approximately 20,000 people being told to get out of their homes for their own safety, so of their homes for their own safety, so you of their homes for their own safety, so you can of their homes for their own safety, so you can imagine the gridlock that thatis so you can imagine the gridlock that that is causing on the freeways and the roads just to the north of

we have a certain spirit among the people in the town of paradise we should love paradise. >> reporter: they all lost their home. all set on rebuilding. they know is an uphill battle and an impossible task to do on its own. >> reporter: do they have the infrastructure, the bank account to sustain it and move it forward? >> no. we are going to need help from the feds and help from the state. >> reporter: pledging support at the meeting, fema, others made their lack of support clear. >> my criticism today is -- the same thing, where are you? >> reporter: this man calling on the mayor to resign thanks to a chaotic evacuation of the town and a death toll that continues to climb. >> do you think that is warranted? >> people died, yes. it did not go perfectly. i don't know we could of had a plan that was better, though, the reason we could not get everyone out is you can not fit 26,000 people on the roads all at the same time. >> reporter: the mayor says no matter what she is not, she is not resigning, she is moving forward with her job, a job that is much more tragic than when show took the

also, have you had a firsthand look at the town of paradise? is there anything left in paradise? >> reporter: oh, yeah. well, there is actually, the thing that surprised me most of all was the three drugstores and two auto parts stores were completely untouched. the dmv was untouched. several businesses that were untouched, but the overwhelming majority of them are destroyed. very, very few houses. very few houses survived at all. right now we are in the cleanup stage, where cars are being towed out, and we are starting to look at these properties. they can't get too deeply into it until they do one other thing which is the most awful thing. they have to go through these various ash piles, which are houses, and businesses, to make sure they are going to find all of the bodies. my guess is from everything i have heard, they are going to find quite a few more. >> a long way to go and a very grim task ahead. thank you. >>> we learn more today about one of the fire victims that could not escape the massive wildfire. 63-year-old ernie foss was a native of san francisco. he was confine

the road through paradise is now lined with scenes of apocalyptic destruction. and jarring signs of sheer terror and panic. abandoned cars line the roadways. there are trucks, even a school bus among them. some even ran off the road or smashed into one another as drivers tried to escape the wall of flames. now we know at least 5 people here didn't make it out. though the wind driven flames have moved through what's left in their wake is devastating. in every direction left and right street after street the homes are gone. and so are most of the businesses. >> the town is devastated. it's devastated. we're grateful that we got people out as quickly as we did yesterday. but we have a lot to do. to rebuild. >> paradise mayor jody jones and councilmember staef crowder surveyed the town trying to keep an eye toward the future amid the darkness. >> about 80% of the houses in town are gone. and our downright is devastated. this fire took everything. it wasn't a section. it was townwide. >> reporter: this is just one of more than 200 businesses that burned here in parad

it was -- i had to get myself out of paradise. >> paradise lost.ribe a scene of mass de station with reports of hundreds of structures going up in flames. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu fox 2 starts now. >> it's a town of 27,000 people well known as a retirement community. tonight the city of paradise is anything but. hello again. tonight a cal fire spokesman says the fire has destroyed the town. paradise is east of chico in the foothills. they're calling the fire the campfire. it is burning toward chico tonight. the river valley is shut down. >> cal fire says at least a thousand ve likely

>now - the town of paradise is paradise lost complete devastation from the camp fire.it has burned morehan one-hundred-thousand acres home after homereduced to rubble.jacob is one of the thousands of residents who lost their home.but feels lucky to make it out alive. jacob is part of it."> jacob is staying with family in the south bay he plans to rebuild his home and return back to work on wednesday.one of his passengers texted me if it wasn't for his ride - she and her family would have been stuck in the fire.live in the newsroom gayle ong (jrs) 52-thousand people have been evacuated from the camp fire. evacuation centers are housing some of those people across the region. (justine) evacuees are still waiting to find out the fate of their homes and others are looking for missing family members. kron 4's sara stinson has the story of several evacuees during this tragic time. <"i'm here at the butte county fa

my heart and all my prayers go out to everyone in paradise. and really everyone throughout california that's joining the fire survivor club. it's horrendous. >> brad scherrwood knows. he became a memoranda year back when he lost his home in santa rosa to fire. he has lived through a lot and says the new fire victims will too. >> unfortunately what you are about to embark on is going to be a marathon. and just -- just take a moment. you've just survived a major wildfire. you got to recognize that. and just breathe. >> brad says get your housing situated right away. housing will be in short supply. jan janet ruiz is with the -- says get money from your spurns company. >> we have additional expenses that can be added to help pay for hotel and food costs and anything that's going to ensue in the next few weeks. >> then once settled in she says make a list of everything you lost. amy bach heads up the consumer group united policy holders. >> a lot of people have a sort of fairy tale idea they have gotten from watching tv ads their whole lives that

just north of paradise.ose firefighters have been working with a fema team, searching for human remains. a veteran san jose firegighter tells us... he's seen floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires... all around the country... and the devastation in butte county is the worst he's seen. this flag was damaged, but the san jose firefighters got it down, folded it, and placed it in the mailbox... near where the home on this property used to stand. ( robin ) when the 49ers released reuben foster, it was difficult to think another franchise would give him another chance, especially since this isn't the first time he's dealt with legal issues. what's even more tough to fathom is a new team signed him just days after he was arrested for domestic violence. the washington redskins claimed the linebacker off of waivers tuesday. just because he's with a new franchise, that does not mean he'll start playing games... the league has placed him on the commissioner's exempt list, which means he can be at the team's facility. á

we have a certain spirit in the people of the town of paradise that yeah, we should love paradise. >> the paradise town council held its first post-fire meeting in the city of chico last night. each council member lost his home and their focus is now on rebuilding. they said it will be an uphill battle and an impossible task to accomplish alone. >> as the town of paradise has the infrastructure, the -- does the town of paradise have the infrastructure and the bank account to sustain that and move forward? >> no. we're going to need help from the feds and help from the state. >> both cal-oes an fema pledged their support and others called on the mayor tree sign due to the chaotic -- to resign due to the chaotic evacuation and the growing death toll. >> reporter: do you feel like dot grfec i n't know that we could have had a better plan. the reason we couldn't get everyone out is you can't fit 26,000 people on the roads all at the same time. >> mayor jody jones says she will not resign. >>> there are reports paradise residents did not receive cell phone alerts which led to last-minute e

paradise: "paradise and here should have been the main focus. as you can see how distraught these people are and what they've brought down to living standards. what they're going through here."> trump's first stop was paradise as his motorcade went by through thick air full of smoke ..he walked the path of destruction caused by the deadly camp fire witnessing the aftermath and grief that took 76 lives, left more than a thousand unaccounted for and thousands without homes.those seeking t will get help faster..as the fate of their makeshift home comes to an end tomorrow..

dark smoke hovered over paradise. he listened to police scanners. >> the first thing i heard was walk the roads to paradise. the whole town is on fire. at that point, my wife and i realized our daughter went to school that morning. we freaked out. we were trying to get back to town and trying to get back to paradise. >> impossible to do since roads were blocked. all they could do was wait at the other town while a relative tried to help. >> my mother-in-law went to pick up my daughter at school standing in front of the school screaming out her name. >> their daughter hitched a ride with her classmates and his mother -- with a classmate and his mother. >> with a bunch of flames and houses getting caught on fire. >> they along with so many others storm as fast as they could to safety. >> we are going to get out and run and we did that. week couldn't because it was so hot and smoky. we could not see. >> we were all praying in the car and helping we made it out alive. >> it was hard to wait for her. it was really hard. >>