The wildfire in Butte County has destroyed thousands of homes and left dozens of people dead
By Brendan Weber ••
One week after the deadly Camp Fire ignited in Northern California’s Butte County, drones were allowed to fly above the burn zone to capture a glimpse of the devastation. The blaze is California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire.
In a matter of days, a massive blaze raging in Northern California became the most destructive and deadliest wildfire on record in state history.
Ferocious, wind-whipped flames from the Camp Fire burning in Butte County have wiped out thousands of homes and left dozens of people dead since igniting on the morning of Nov. 8.
Scroll down to find a breakdown of the historic wildfire by the numbers, as reported by Cal Fire and the Butte County Sheriff's Department.
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San Francisco firefighters dismantle a burned mobile home as they search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Noah Fisher looks over his home that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 22, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Brandy Powell looks through the remains of her home that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 22, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A view of home destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 22, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Camp Fire evacuee wait in line to receive a free Thanksgiving meal at Sierra Nevada Brewery on November 22, 2018 in Chico, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A search and rescue crew member searches for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 21, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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An air mask hangs on an altar during a vigil for Camp Fire victims at the First Christian Church of Chico on November 18, 2018 in Chico, California. (Photo by Noah Berger-Pool/Getty Images)
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Mourners pray during a vigil for Camp Fire victims at the First Christian Church of Chico on November 18, 2018 in Chico, California. (Photo by Noah Berger-Pool/Getty Images)
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Lidia Steineman, who lost her home in the Camp Fire, prays during a vigil for fire victims at the First Christian Church of Chico on November 18, 2018 in Chico, California. (Photo by Noah Berger-Pool/Getty Images)
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Gov.-elect Gavin Newson, FEMA Director Brock Long, President Donald Trump, Paradise mayor Jody Jones and Gov. Jerry Brown tour the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park during Trump's visit of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California on November 17, 2018. (Photo by Paul Kitagaki Jr.-Pool/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump, FEMA Director Brock Long, Gov. Jerry Brown, Gov.-elect Gavin Newson and Paradise mayor Jody Jones tour the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park during Trump's visit of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California on November 17, 2018. (Photo by Paul Kitagaki Jr.-Pool/Getty Images)
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Rescue workers search an area where they discovered suspected human remians in a home destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 16, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A rescue worker and her cadaver dog search the Paradise Gardens apartments for victims of the Camp Fire on November 16, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A car with the words 'Paradise Strong' painted on the window drives through a Walmart parking lot where Camp Fire evacuees have been staying on November 16, 2018 in Chico, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Camp Fire evacuee Kelly Boyer plays guitar in front of his tent next to a Walmart parking on November 16, 2018 in Chico, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A rescue worker uses a cadaver dog to search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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San Francisco firefighters dismantle a burned mobile home as they search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A rescue worker uses a cadaver dog to search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Rescue workers search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Rescue workers search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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(L-R) California Governor Jerry Brown, FEMA Administrator Brock Long and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke tour a school burned by the Camp Fire on November 14, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The Camp Fire burns in the hills on November 11, 2018 near Oroville, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A helicopter drops water on the Camp Fire as it burns in the hills on November 11, 2018 near Cresta, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A burned out car sits next gas pumps at a gas station that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 11, 2018 near Parkhill, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A burned gas pump remains at a gas station that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 11, 2018 near Parkhill, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Yuba and Butte County sherriff deputies search a destroyed home for a reported victim of the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A Butte County sherriff deputy searches the property of a destroyed home for a reported Camp Fire victim on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A view of a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Eric England holds a jewelry tray in the shape of California that he pulled out of his friend's car that was burned by the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The Camp Fire burns in the hills on November 10, 2018 near Big Bend, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A line of burned out abandoned cars sit on the road after the Camp Fire moved through the area on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Firefighters try to keep flames from burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A business that was destroyed by the Camp Fire continues to smolder on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Cal Fire Captain Steve Millosovich carries a cage full of cats that were found in the road after the Camp Fire moved through the area on November 9, 2018 in Big Bend, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a burning home as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 9, 2018 in Magalia, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Flames consume a building as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, California, Nov. 8, 2018. A California fire official says a fast-moving wildfire in Northern California has destroyed structures and injured civilians.
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Hospital workers from the Feather River Hospital work in a triage area while evacuating patients as the Camp Fire moves through the area on Nov. 8, 2018 in Paradise, California.
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Hospital workers and first responders evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital as the Camp Fire moves through the area on Nov. 8, 2018, in Paradise, California.
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A hospital worker embraces her co-worker as they evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital during the Camp Fire on Nov. 8, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity, the rapidly spreading Camp Fire has ripped through the town of Paradise and has quickly charred 18,000 acres in a matter of hours.
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Embers blow in the wind as the Camp Fire burns down a KFC restaurant on Nov. 8, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity, the rapidly spreading wildfire has ripped through the town of Paradise, charring 18,000 acres and destroying dozens of homes in a matter of hours.
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A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, California, Nov. 8, 2018. Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town.
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Flames consume The Screen & Window Shop as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, California, Nov. 8, 2018.
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A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, California, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Smoke from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., darkens the sky above the Butte College sig in Oroville, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Smoke from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., darkens the sky on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Smoke from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., darkens the sky on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Smoke from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., rises above tall trees on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Cal Fire officials responding to the Camp Fire burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Cal Fire officials respond to the Camp Fire burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
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Cal Fire officials respond to the Camp Fire burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
This terrifying video of the Camp Fire was posted by a Butte County resident on Thursday as he and his family tried to escape the fast-moving blaze that has already burned at least 70,000 acres Friday morning.
Structures Damaged and Destroyed:
Single residences destroyed: 13,696
Single residences damaged: 462
Multiple residences destroyed: 276
Commercial buildings destroyed: 528
Commercial buildings damaged: 102
Minor structures destroyed: 4,293
Current Firefighting Effort:
Total personnel: 1,065
Fire engines: 73
Water tenders: 3
Helicopters: 2
Hand crews: 11
Dozers: 3
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Downed power lines dot the landscape in Paradise, California.
Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Destruction is visible on every road and highway of the small town of Paradise, California after the deadly Camp Fire ravaged through it. (November 13, 2018)
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Roommates who lost their home in the Camp Fire are now looking for a new place.
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The deadly Camp Fire that ravaged through the small town of Paradise, California left hundreds of people without a home like Jean Eisenbarth and her dog Sweeney who are now living out of her car. (November 13, 2018)
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The deadly Camp Fire that ravaged through the small town of Paradise, California left hundreds of people without a home like Jean Eisenbarth and her dog Sweeney who are now living out of her car. (November 13, 2018)
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The deadly Camp Fire that ravaged through the small town of Paradise, California left hundreds of people without a home like Gary Brand who is now living out of his car. (November 13, 2018)
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The deadly Camp Fire that ravaged through the small town of Paradise, California left hundreds of people without a home like Jay Raynor and his dog who is now living out of his car. (November 13, 2018)
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The deadly Camp Fire that ravaged through the small town of Paradise, California left hundreds of people without a home like Gary McMahon who are now living out of his car. (November 13, 2018)
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intersection of Skyway and Foster in Paradise, California
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Evacuees pitch camp tents outside the Wal-Mart in Chico, California.
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Volunteers from Youth With a Mission are helping to gather donations for evacuees of Camp Fire.
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Locals and first responders are calling the Camp Fire the "worst of all the disasters we have seen."
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An aerial view of a shopping center destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 15, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killing at least 56 people and destroying over 8,500 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 40 percent containment.
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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 15, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killing at least 56 people and destroying over 8,500 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 40 percent containment.
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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 15, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killing at least 56 people and destroying over 8,500 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 40 percent containment.
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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 15, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killing at least 56 people and destroying over 8,500 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 40 percent containment.
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An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 15, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killing at least 56 people and destroying over 8,500 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 40 percent containment.
