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California fires blaze across million acres of forest amid fears of further spread
• 5 years agoErratic winds have raised the potential for extreme fire within the existing fires' and may result in new fires.
Statewide emergency declared in Northern California as wildfires continue to blaze; millions of residents remain without power
• 5 years agoWith ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California's governor declared a statewide emergency on Sunday.
Wildfires burn homes, cars in California's Thousand Oaks and Paradise; blaze prompts authorities to order evacuations
Fp Staff • 6 years agoFlames approached residential areas as firefighters battled the blaze overnight during a wildfire that burned dozens of homes at Thousand Oaks and Paradise in California
California wildfires: Infernos char acres of land, firefighters continue to battle blazes
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire are the two deadly wildfires burning at opposite ends of California.
November 2018 California wildfires 'most expensive' in US history, insurance claims cross $11.4 billion
• 6 years agoAdding to growing concerns about the untenable future of home insurance in wildfire-prone areas, officials have revealed that the Insurance claims from California's deadly November 2018 wildfires have topped $11.4 billion, making the fires some of the most expensive in US history.
Residents of Paradise head back into town to assess wildfire damage; over 4,000 officials working to restore gas and electricity
• 6 years agoMore than 50,000 people in Paradise and the neighbouring communities of Magalia and Concow were forced to quickly flee the towering, wind-driven flames that charred an area about the size of Chicago — 622 square kilometres — and became the deadliest US wildfire in at least a century.
California wildfires toll reaches 83: 560 names remain on missing list; 13,000 homes destoryed so far in blaze
• 6 years agoA California sheriff said that two more sets of human remains have been found, bringing the death toll from the California wildfire to 83.
California wildfires toll rises to 81: With 75 percent of blaze contained, officials now hope for significant rain
• 6 years agoIn northern California, the so-called Camp Fire has scored 152,000 acres of land and destroyed more than 12,600 homes.
California wildfire: Number of missing people climbs to 631, Donald Trump set to visit Paradise on Saturday
• 6 years agoThe seven additional victims brings to 63 the number of people who have died in the Camp Fire. Authorities said the list of missing people had jumped from 300 to 631 during the day as investigators went back and reviewed emergency calls made when the so-called Camp Fire in northern California erupted on 8 November.
Narcos: Mexico red carpet event cancelled by Netflix following California wildfires; screening to continue as planned
Fp Staff • 6 years agoNarcos: Mexico will chart the rise of the Guadalajara drug cartel in the 1980s, pitting DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Pena) against drug kingpin Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna).