Death toll rises to 11, and 200,000 flee worst fires in California history

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post Joel Achenbach Lindsey Bever Eli Rosenberg Sat., Nov. 10, 2018 MALIBOU LAKE, CALIF.—A growing trio of wildfires incinerated large swaths of Northern and Southern California over the past three days, killing 11 people, displacing hundreds of thousands and turning a retirement community called Paradise into acres of ash and charred foundations. The massive Camp Fire north of Sacramento had destroyed some 6,700 structures, becoming the most destructive inferno in a state with a long and calamitous history of fires. Since Thursday, more than 200,000 Californians have been displaced — greater than the population of the city of Orlando, Florida. In addition to the dead, dozens have been reported missing. Authorities warned that the property losses would also be staggering. A pair of fires near Los Angeles threatened Malibu mansions and destroyed Paramount Ranch, the filming location of the HBO series Westworld. Before officials announced the latest grim statistics and rising death toll on Saturday, President Donald Trump fanned an ongoing dispute with California leaders, blaming mismanagement of state resources for the destruction and death. “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management… Read full this story

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