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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 86 Nicole Kowalczyke of Chico heard from friends a wildfire was burning nearby, and at about 9 a.m. Thursday, she stepped outside to look at the smoke. With the Camp Fire raging only 10 miles away in the Feather River Canyon, the sky to the west was pitch-black with swirls of purple and ash falling from the sky. "It looked very ominous ... and then this piece of paper came from … [Read more...] about Strange thing fell from the sky when Chico resident went to look at smoke from Camp Fire

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 56 An evacuation order was issued for parts of east Chico as the Camp Fire crossed into the edge of the Northern California town of 90,000. The Chico Fire Department released a warning at 9 p.m. Thursday ordering all residents in areas south of Highway 32 and east of Bruce Road to leave. The Chico Enterprise-Record posted a story at 10 p.m. that said the fire had reached, "Highway 99 near Neal Road by 7:30 p.m. and was approaching Highway 32 near upper Bidwell Park by 9 p.m." "Homes were reported burning on the lower Skyway near Oak Ridge Drive and Spanish Garden … [Read more...] about Evacuations ordered for east Chico as Camp Fire rages toward city limits