Fog Blog Late Season California Wild Fire Log:

LATE SEASON CALIFORNIA WILD FIRE IN THE THOUSAND OAKS REGION EXPLODED TO 20,OOO ACRES BURNED IN JUST ONE DAY!......PARADISE, Butte County — More than 30,000 people fled for their lives Thursday as a late-season wildfire swept across this town in the Sierra foothills, incinerating numerous homes and businesses and prompting desperate rescues of residents trapped inside buildings and on clogged evacuation routes.Read the latest on the Camp Fire here.The blaze exploded to more than 20,000 acres, adding to a catastrophic two years of wildfires in California that have raised new questions about how the state will cope with a warmer and drier climate.Smoke turned the daytime sky black in Paradise, a community of 27,000 that sits 15 miles east of Chico and 80 miles north of Sacramento. Authorities raced to evacuate a hospital while calling in hundreds of crews from across the region to attack the flames from the ground and by air.LATEST ON THE CAMP FIRE California wildfire: Destructive Camp Fire grows to 70,000 acres Massive Camp Fire forces red air alert, prompts Bay Area school closures California Wildfire: Smoke advisory issued for entire Bay Area

CA wildfire threats could lead PG&E to cut power to parts of nine counties Camp Fire already visible from space Social media posts capture intensity and speed of Camp Fire“There’s pretty much complete devastation in that community — entire streets where houses are wiped out,” said Lynne Tolmachoff, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “It’s not looking very good at all.”