The same month, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), the utility company responsible for the faulty power line, filed for bankruptcy, citing expected wildfire liabilities of $30 billion. The Camp Fire also cost over $150 million in fire suppression costs, bringing the total cost of the fire to $16.65 billion. By January 2019, the total damage was estimated at $16.5 billion one-quarter of the damage, $4 billion, was not insured. The towns of Magalia and Butte Creek Canyon were also largely destroyed. The towns of Paradise and Concow were almost completely destroyed, each losing about 95% of their structures. It covered an area of 153,336 acres (620.5 km 2 239.6 sq mi), and destroyed more than 18,000 structures, with most of the destruction occurring within the first four hours. The Camp Fire caused 85 civilian fatalities, with one person still missing as of August 2, 2019, and injured 12 civilians and five firefighters. With the arrival of the first winter rainstorm of the season, the fire reached 100 percent containment after seventeen days on November 25. Drought was a factor: Paradise, which typically sees five inches of autumn rain by November 12, had only received one-seventh of an inch by that date in 2018. After exhibiting extreme fire spread, fireline intensity, and spotting behaviors through the rural community of Concow, an urban firestorm formed in the foothill town of Paradise. Ignited by a faulty electric transmission line, the fire originated above several communities and an east wind drove the fire downhill through developed areas. Named after Camp Creek Road, its place of origin, the fire started on Thursday, November 8, 2018, in Northern California's Butte County. The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, and the most expensive natural disaster in the world in 2018 in terms of insured losses. The BUT stands for Butte, the BR stands for Bangor and 924 is the zone number.įor information on evacuations please visit the Butte County Office of Emergency Management Evacuation Information website. For example, fire station 55 in Bangor is located at 7540 Oro-Bangor Highway. It is important to remember the last three numbers of the zone, as every zone has a different number and no two are the same.

These zones will be used during a fire or other emergency requiring evacuations in our county.

In the fall of 2020, Butte County Sheriff's Office Emergency Managers began working with CAL FIRE, Butte County Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Butte County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, creating Evacuation Zones for all of Butte County. Click the ' Burning' tab for all the guidelines for Residential Dooryard Burning in Butte County.īutte County Cooperative Fire Protection Annual ReportĬlick the picture below to view the 2022 Annual Report Note: this website was previously under repair so if you tried to go there before and it didn't work, it's now up and running.ĬAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department has suspended all permits for Residential Dooryard Burning. Butte County residents: Interested in joining our ranks as a volunteer firefighter? We are looking for you! Go to to start the process.

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