A fast-moving wildfire roared through a Northern California town on Thursday Paul George Jersey , with deaths reported as it burned a hospital, hundreds of homes and sent tens of thousands of people fleeing flames in cars and on foot, authorities said.


A home is engulfed in flames during the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 8, 2018. REUTERSStephen Lam


Driven by strong winds and dry conditions Carmelo Anthony Jersey , the blaze dubbed the Camp Fire swept through the town of Paradise and threatened its 26,000 residents with 50-foot (15-meter) high flames.


The town of Chico, population 93,000, could be next in the path of the wildfire, which was forecast to be driven westward overnight by 35-mile-per hour (56 km-per-hour) winds Russell Westbrook Jersey , said Butte County Fire Chief Darren Read.


鈥淲e have received reports of some fatalities. Those reports have not yet been verified,鈥?Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told a news conference.


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