The Deadliest Wildfire In California History

California's largest utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday after facing mounting scrutiny for its role in November's Camp Fire.
While climate change is partially to blame for California's deadliest fire, most residents of Paradise, California almost immediately pointed the finger at the largest utility company in the state. The investigation into what caused the Camp Fire is still ongoing, but PG&E cited “actual and potential liabilities” in its decision to file for bankruptcy.
VICE News was in Paradise immediately after the Camp Fire to meet residents and learn how California can survive a future of deadlier fires.
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“We know, as a matter of fire science, that high winds and dry weather are some of the most dangerous conditions,” said John Fiske, a lawyer representing residents, cities, and counties against PG&E in multiple wildfires, including the Camp Fire. WATCH NEXT: The Last Days of Death Row Inmate Scott Dozier - bit.ly/2FASiJb

[@yocinfluenced9256]

When California fines pg&e the California energy commission lets them raise there rates and we end up paying there fines for them

[@janbadinski7126]

@@yocinfluenced9256 Customers were told in the 70s and 80s that nuclear power plants would make rates cheaper. It's the line they fed us but after Diablo Canyon. The rates went up to supposedly to pay for the facility. Then the rates went up again. They have never lowered rates. This is what happens when PUC is too closely affiliated with a utility company. They rip everyone off then wonder why their reputation is too accurate for them. They've know there was a problem for decades with their power lines and did nothing. Now people are dying because of their negligence and they want to get out of paying for lawsuits. California's utilities need to be split, they are a monopoly.

[@evoazx2660]

Why don't you follow a shot crew or a jump crew Vice? You guys seem to follow only contract and municiple crews. Pease quit reporting on fire.

[@janbadinski7126]

What a shame they won't be paying the fines and such. It isn't like they don't have the money.

[@rickyracks8848]

also no rain,

[@Roman-uu3gz]

Im from Chico and I can tell you that it felt like the apocalypse, The sky was blood red and you couldn't see more than 5 feet in front you you. Many people I know lost everything. The environment is trying to tell us something, but we refuse to listen....

[@Lrix]

So sorry you had to experience something like that. I know it may not mean much but my thoughts are with you guys.

[@maggiee639]

Watching the footage on the news was shocking. I’m sorry you had to go through that.

[@lolzormachine]

Same here. I remember days later, the air pollution was so bad at some instances that it broke 900 on the air quality index. That's breaking the scale. Societies really do need to radically restructure themselves to mitigate and adapt to climate change and prepare for disasters like these. If you're reading this, know your potential threats of disaster, prepare for them, have a couple plans, and make a go-bag.

[@grantdubridge7995]

The environment told you nothing. There have always been forest fires with most of them starting from lightning. Lightning is the environment. Forest fire areas go back to life in less then a year with all new ferns and trees growing, that's the environment. Buy good for insurance.

[@markmnorcal]

That Thursday morning was cold and dark here in Chico. Fire came within a mile from me.

[@LoveEquestria4evet]

And just today PG&E being investigated AGAIN, for the newest fire.

[@shadowspire]

yes and unfortunately we will foot the bill once more, just like we did the last. PG&E really has to be held accountable, they should be forced to adopt the Tech system our county utility SDG&E(which is a PG&E subsidiary) has developed, it is a mix of modernization of power lines by burrying them, 24/7 monitoring for faulty lines(above ground), weather watch in areas deemed potential fire hazard. As well a grid that can be configured to cut power while not affecting less risky areas. Great example is last Friday, in Rancho Santa Fe and surrounding areas was cut but not my city, the outage went around us while crews were on high alert ready to deploy. If SDG&E can do it on a smaller budget, there is no reason PG&E cant either

[@reversecourse]

What happened to the homeowner's responsibility of having a defensible space around their house?

[@shadowspire]

@@reversecourse there's only so much a homeowner can do. I'm not sure if you're in Cali or not but the main reason that the Camp fire was so deadly was not because people did not have a defensible space around their home, most people did. Granted some may not have but happened was the constant wind that was fueling the flame was also throwing embers all over the place. The city i live in was not affect too much by the fires last year but i got to see the after math in the neighboring city last year even though the fire was not as big it managed to destroy some homes about 30mins from my house, on the way to my job i was able to see how the fire simply spread because of the embers that flew over empty plots of land that had almost no brush and destroy a couple homes. It's easy to say things such as what you have stated it's another to actually live them

[@johnny4aces410]

These fires are occurring with frightening frequency. The unprecedented number of fires appears to coincide with leftists taking over CA. When CA was a Republican state there never was so many fires. I doubt if this is a coincidence.

[@shadowspire]

@@johnny4aces410 Normally I'd reply with facts but You can't fix Ignorance in most. So run along with your tin foil hat.

[@kingsamoanOG]

My good buddy works for pg&e doing gas lines and he told me that they have tons and tons of faulty shit and when its brought to their attention they tell the workers it's not in the budget and they will do it later. He said some of the lines are from the 1930s and they simply refuse to fix it until it's to late.

[@jimgritty7064]

Wow.

[@bgroks1]

Organic OG FarmzZ Unfortunately it’s natural that utility companies have lots of debt, the cost to upgrade the lines while also taking the loss of people not being able to pay for the power they don’t receive, and then the fines they owe, so either they accumulate more debt, or take a large loss and possibly fail to make a debt payment. PGE estimated the time to replace the lines and clean up brush is a few years.. I believe it was 5 years that they said.They are testing controlled blackouts to wild fire prone areas like a San Diego company has been doing.. but then they run into the issue of people only having internet based phones that go out when the power does.. so 911 won’t work, and also people who need medical devices to live. Unfortunately, there is no simple quick fix.

[@Austin-do8se]

Jeez. That's horrible!

[@lynnwood7205]

@Markus Allen Operate to failure. Divert monies directly given by the State of California for the maintenance of brush and timber clearance along power lines to executive bonuses and stock dividends Decide not to cut power in order not to be required to pay food spoilage claims.

[@AscheDjidoi]

The only thing they care to protect is their administration fees.

[@michaelvalencia7234]

To everyone who lost everything I’m sorry I was one of the many hot shot crews on scene and I can tell you my crew tried our ass off to stop it at the canyon.. it spotted so much over our backs that we couldn’t do anything I am so so sorry...

[@shoneast6880]

Cant stop Gods judgment.

[@FaithandNova]

@@shoneast6880 many don't understand that. If God says there's nothing none of us can do 😔

[@michaelvalencia7234]

Shon East yeah just sucked we couldn’t hold our lines at all literally spotted over us the whole time

[@kylemontano228]

michael valencia you did your best, and that’s all that matters. Thank you to you and all other hotshots

[@johnettastevens4906]

Look to the back of your bible my friends, I fear we are closer to the end than we think.

[@builtbypi2276]

The transition from 6:50-6:54 is incredible

[@HansWurst-xs2ru]

unbelivable. Like from night to day

[@xxitsmeboi_stxckxx8354]

yea..

[@Brian_Moser1118]

give that editor a raise !

[@markuse3472]

That seems to have been edited to suit her words.

[@100consciouseternallightho6]

@Markus Allen Sounds like to me you are having a good laugh. Are you smoking that weed?

[@Heavenclone]

This was just the beginning. Here we are in September 2020 and California is burning even worse. Stay Safe.

[@FzHnn]

I honestly thought that it was made recently. I just noticed that it was made over a year ago from the comment section. Dear God, how are these people and more doing with the worse fire this year? My heart goes for those affected by this worst of time.

[@colonelbeatson6027]

think before you speak ok us australians are here you know.

[@ericunderwood1482]

@@colonelbeatson6027 YEAH....I remember watching Australia and crying....damn fires jumped the Pacific.... Hey my Dad was over there in WWII ... Paupa and Bloody Buna Sanananda... First big shipment of American GIs to the Pacific Theaters.... PFC Eugene H Dog Underwood 32d 126th Combat Infantry Regiment and 2d Engineer Special Brigade Amphibious 592d Boat and Shore Regiment He had a sweetie in Rockhampton...

[@Darkdevil1584]

this year gonna be worse because theres no hotshots

[@genesiss420]

@@Darkdevil1584 and no water in the lakes

[@WeylandLabs]

Rest In Peace for the good folks of Paradise that didn't make it. My heart goes out to the families of the victims. God Bless ❤

[@markoaurelius2046]

What was it that they were making?

[@jezdzicnaczerwonodostacgow7756]

Markus Allen chill he was just making a statement and showing gratitude, just accept that...

[@obadiahscave]

Socialism: accepting immigrants and giving them free food and money, rich are providing you with wages that are insufficient, the government pushing an ideology that is sinking you.. you love socialism, you praised socialism, now you reap the rewards of socialism...

[@hollybaker3918]

This was the worst day of my life! I lost everything including my cat.... I'm still in Paradise but living in a RV because I can't afford a place to live... I have lived in Paradise for 31 years. It will never be the same... Right now we are in between 2 fires. It's absolutely terrifying...

[@vhangzpaquiabas8830]

So sorry to hear that 💔🥺

[@vwlover4677]

I lost everything but the underwear that me and wife ran out of the house in. All my childhood pics/toys everything gone in 45min. This is horrible!

[@ffejkk37]

Did the GTI make it?

[@vwlover4677]

@@ffejkk37 yes! Thankfully it is a manual and my driveway is on a slant. So I was able to get it out of harms way.

[@scottp4063]

lovelover Volkswagen sucks

[@scottp4063]

@@Spadookie L.A! Wahahhas we smoked L.A. In basketball , baseball and now football . Boston baby city of champions. L.A. city of fair weather fans

[@markzuckerburg5220]

Scott Porter your mom sucks

[@owenbrown5763]

My house burnt down in Paradise. Times have been though but we will get through it.

[@Dreadz530]

Mine too brother and I work for a tree service so I am literally working in this shit for 8 -10 hours a day. Every day I come home covered in black from the burnt and it's sad. I literally can spin a circle and as far as the eye can see it looks like a nuclear bomb wiped everything out. I get lost all the time trying to get to jobs because there are no land marks anymore and every road looks the same. I'm still waiting for the scene in this movie to end and them to clean everything.

[@tatertots3888]

May God bless you two.

[@danlaroche6025]

I'm fixing to start working up there, doing Phase 3 cleanup. Butte County still needs help.

[@TheNimshew]

Mine did too. Though,I’m not sure my town will survive. One tenth the population in the future won’t support the business we had. No hospital, fewer schools,services. I’m questioning why even be a town anymore. It really doesn’t make sense.

[@danlaroche6025]

Not yet. Waiting to take certification courses for Hazmat and OSHA. I just want to get started, so at least the misery isn't so visable. It will be hard to contain hazardous materials with all the rain.

[@mashamitchell9574]

I feel bad for the pets that were left behind with no chance of escaping.

[@lolzormachine]

There's so many unclaimed pets out here.

[@nathanb5994]

Also all the dead children , but y'kno poor whiskers..

[@MannyRoad]

Masha Mitchell what about the actual humans that died? Stop caring about animals and get your priorities straight

[@lolzormachine]

And this is why the planet is dying@@MannyRoad

[@adamfidelio1213]

@@MannyRoad Stop comparing everything you morons. @Masha mitchell felt bad for the pets that were left behind

[@karenengelhardt1610]

Props to all the firefighters that came from southern cal, oregon and washington to help with this. I lived here for many years and will never be back. Can't.

[@colonelbeatson6027]

think before you speak ok us australians are here you know.

[@Billyboy4209]

I have been doing work up there and the pictures and videos don’t do it justice. When you go through town in the 1st days of the cleanup and You see all the abandoned cars on the roads that clearly the people had to run for their live from, you can’t help but break down in tears...

[@TheNimshew]

At least 14,000 burnt vehicles. How many trees have to come down? 100,000+? 15 million cubic feet of hazardous waste. 200 to 250 tons of material per footprint! They haven’t started phase two yet. When they do, it’ll destroy the roads. One thousand truckloads a day? Sure. They’re delusional, or liars.

[@Billyboy4209]

Markus Allen hahaha,troll much? Nice try sweetheart 😘🖕🏻💯

[@markoaurelius2046]

How could it do justice? Justice doesn't exist anymore. Had it still been in existence, you would be in jail too. But you aren't. "Nuf" said! IF you can't dazzle 'em with brains...you can always dazzle 'em with your bullshit!

[@eddysaidtht]

Watching this for the second time almost a year later and this shit is still sad asf.

[@CormacHolland]

eddysaidtht me too. What’s crazy is that after the cameras stop rolling, people are still forced into homelessness from this fire. And more fires this week.

[@Spike.SpiegeI]

great coverage by VICE. I hadn't seen other stories showing the impact like this. It's devastating to see...

[@markoaurelius2046]

Great lies too! Can I lick the bowl before it's poured into the pan?

[@markoaurelius2046]

So you avoid checking for any lies of deception from media...you just go by the impact level of the story. If it's devastating to see, why did you look? Or did you peek through the spaces in your fingers and let on like you didnt see it? I know...Vice would never lie now would they? Hee heee haaa haa hee hee haa aahaaa haaaaa haaaaa

[@Darkdevil1584]

@@markoaurelius2046 lol as a wild land firefighter ask me anything bruh. ill be glad to clarify anything for you:X

[@lyellgurski483]

If you want to see another really good view on the campfire/Malibu fire, Bring Your Own Brigade is an amazing documentary on it.

[@maliaminer3324]

But the hope didn’t disappear. The high school was fixed up and the 2019 graduates got to graduate on their field and PG&E did in fact file for bankruptcy

[@AndTecks]

a lot of my family lost everything. Its incredibly sad. My father did an interview for the news and fortunately got a lot of support. He stayed through the fire to help save his horse and dogs.

[@InvalidCharacter]

6:58 My sister recorded that, I still look back at it and thank the heavens that me and my family escaped safely. We were lucky compared to many other people. I escaped my school at about 8:03 AM, and my school started burning at 8:30 AM, from what I know.

[@81jeremylbradley]

I seriously feel that this incident is up there with Katrina. But yet no one on the east is talking about it. Thank you VICE for youre work. America is such a different place than one it was in the 80s and 90s. We’re all neighbors but also strangers.

[@BV-nq7wd]

I was a lucky one. I had just upgraded all my Lighting in my home to LEDs, touched up the paint inside and out. I made it as perfect as I could get Just had the carpets cleaned the day before the fire. The home was vacant. I had planned on turning it into my retirement home. In a flash it was gone.

[@Aaron-is9xo]

Should start putting power lines underground, like they are doing a lot lately.

[@irumicu]

California is earthquakes prone.

[@johnr.6029]

I owned a home (it burned in the fire) on Timber Ln. in Paradise off Pentz Rd. near Dean Rd. PG&E just finished putting underground power lines on the whole street maybe a week ago. This represents maybe 30 homes (former homes, anyway).

[@rockss2422]

The world is just depressing

[@trifectat8694]

I think its wonderful world, its all in the mind some people live in bliss in shit conditions and some people are miserable living lavish.

[@rockss2422]

It’s my opinion

[@doloresperez2554]

@@trifectat8694 ok, trump whatever you say

[@alexanderbecker6294]

@@doloresperez2554 why are you so anti trump

[@gone7777]

Direct. Direct. Direct Energy Weapons like on purpose

[@lottebussink4844]

Imagine all the animals that died or people where on a vacation and no one took their animals... im so sad for all the people who died because of this.😭

[@dj1400777]

A friend I worked with in CalFire a few years ago worked for the ambulance company there and she almost got burned over. She posted on Instagram that it could be her last moments alive while she was at the hospital there trying to get patients out. The fear in her voice was haunting but luckily she got out alive.

[@Mythril_Pulaski]

Lived in Paradise for 18 years, and in a matter of hours it was decimated. It makes me so sad to see it gone, and to see my townsfolk scattered and homeless is incredibly disheartening

[@iheartbrentfaiyaz]

Lost everything. definitely the worst day of my life. Rip paradise

[@mysunnysunshiine]

We lost our home and everything we owned. We were homeless for 6 months with our 5 year old then we woke up yesterday morning in our recently new apartment to a small smoldering fire on our front lawn from the neighbor not properly putting out their cigarette. All the emotions from the campfire came flooding back. It was hard and it still is. PTSD is no joke.

[@itsbeenmonths]

If you ever been there. You know the beautiful scenes we had. Oh I will treasure those years. Good luck to everyone who lost their homes to loved ones also that didn't loose anything God Bless You All. May the new year bring more positive perspectives but most of all enjoy yourself and stay strong.

[@thatonekid701]

I grew up in paradise, we my not get much snow and rain, but the clean air , amazing veiw was worth it

[@retiredarthritic2083]

A Canadian company has been selected to help rebuild Paradise, the northern California community that was almost entirely destroyed by a raging wildfire in November. Calgary-based Black Diamond Group Ltd. says its U.S. business unit has won a $20-million rental contract to supply portable housing units with 1,584 beds to support reconstruction. It says the initial term of the contract is for nine months, with an option to extend, and includes transportation costs.

[@100consciouseternallightho6]

Do you think this is about "follow the money"?

[@oACE20o]

My home town. We will rebuild! R.I.P to the 86 people who never made it out.

[@TheNimshew]

I’m not so sure,420.

[@elenthora442]

Amen to that!

[@paradiseconnection5308]

We are rebuilding

[@chadsmith66]

Poor forest management, no prescribed burns, lots of fuel on forest floor along with being so dry

[@souvikrc4499]

And climate change and aging infrastructure...

[@chadsmith66]

More like Geoengineering the weather

[@enlightenedhummingbird5101]

This was all planned, and more to come worldwide. Check out stop the crime dot net, deborah tavares, and their version of events.

[@siyabongamngomezulu9743]

@@johnperic6860 drought.

[@callmeishmael4659]

Oh Jesus! I can't even watch that. Imagine being literally enveloped in traffic only to have fire inching closer to you second by second. I'd have been offroading my ass full speed out of there like a bat out of hell

[@johnr.6029]

Off-roading would have ended your life in a ditch, into a tree, or into oncoming traffic or into the back-end of another vehicle. I don't know of anybody who off-roaded it out of there except for crashing through a fence or becoming disabled in a ditch. And I've talked with many people who evacuated like me, out of Paradise.

[@ameeromedia5883]

john r. I watched an hour documentary on this fire on another channel. How in the world did you make it out of there because that place was engulfed from corner to corner. Even the survivors, they never mentioned how they got out.

[@johnr.6029]

​@@ameeromedia5883 Everybody's escape was different. My escape went fairly easily as I slowly drove through town on my way out with hundreds or thousands of others on the same road at the same time. However, right as I thought all was going well, suddenly my escape route turned into a fiery hell, and there was no one behind me. Everything turned dark black. Then fire tornado twisters shot across the roadway in front of me. Trees and brush alongside the road spontaneously burst into flames. Everything turned flaming orange bright and I could actually see the roadway. But I didn't see anyone in front of me or behind me. Where did everybody go? Later I learned that my exit route had been shut off because it had become an inferno. All those behind me had been diverted to a safer escape route, one that took 2+ hours. As soon as I could see maybe 100 - 200 feet in front of me due to the flames, I stepped on the gas. My face was burning through the glass side window. I thought my truck's engine would either melt or die, or I would rear-end someone and crash, or someone would crash into the back of me. Had any of those scenarios happened, I would have sat and burned alive in my truck, or burned alive by getting out of my truck and running - to who knows where. Then, after about 10 minutes of speeding almost blindly on my way down the hill toward Chico, I could see a clearing ahead and sped toward the visual clearing in the sky ahead of me. Just minutes behind me is where I thought I might die! A few minutes later, I was safe in Chico and talking in bewilderment to others who had also survived the exodus! I thank God that I am alive today, and that my wife and mother-in-law, who were minutes behind me, had escaped down the alternate route to safety in Chico.

[@ameeromedia5883]

@@johnr.6029 Woooooooooowww. Thank you so much for sharing and glad you were able to make it out!

[@jkfilms6738]

seeing stuff like that makes me want to be a firefighter or EMS person.

[@janbadinski7126]

It looks like you would make a great first responder. I hope you choose that area for a career.

[@jkfilms6738]

@@janbadinski7126 well one of my goals is the navy for a bit but yeah.

[@janbadinski7126]

@@jkfilms6738 They can teach you stuff as a good head start for your (hopefully) new career.

[@nancyking2867]

J&K films Then you should do it, I'm sure they could use you.

[@zacbroughton154]

want a medal?

[@Quietcowgirl]

Rest In Peace Paradise. I feel blessed to have spent my childhood here, met my first love, experienced my first heart break here..to graduate high school and have my son here.. I feel blessed to have known it and remember it as what it was..Paradise. My mom, my uncle and so many of my friends lost absolutely everything.. but I’m blessed to have their lives intact...So many are stuck in this illusion of rebuilding.. which may happen. But the devastation and the losses are so great; I feel as if it’s one giant graveyard full of souls that were not ready and died a horrific death.. may those souls rest peacefully in their own Paradise.

[@SFVnative]

@@justLori530--Racist? Because they wanted a crime and violence free environment? Interesting that nobody minds Asians moving next door. Gee, I wonder why that is. No black home buyers were ever intetested in living there anyway.

[@SFVnative]

@@justLori530--Where have you been staying? We give so much money to the Red Cross; did they not help you?

[@skyykell1288]

My boyfriend is a wildland firefighter and we can attest these fires aren’t by poor management from the forest service, I’ve seen him come home from being out on a fire for 21 days take his mandatory 2 days off and then head right back out, these men and women bust there butts and try to save what land they can 😔 this is the most devastating fire we have seen in the years he’s been a firefighter

[@therapedwarf502]

Being a wildland firefighter doesn't automatically mean you know anything about fire science or forest stand dynamics.

[@lucasrendon4182]

I lost my house and was burnt in the 2017 fires. Was like the apocalypse living through it.

[@jb95969]

It’s been six months to the day since our town burned down. It’s as painful now as it was on November 8th.

[@Jules-6022]

Well presented. My heart goes out to everyone affected. Love, hugs, & prayers 🙏❤

[@ctr0n675]

Your Breaker box sparked and lost 8 football fields of land in 1 minute.

[@markoaurelius2046]

Did the breaker box ever find the 8 foot ball fields? I'd name that breaker box Sparky now.

[@markoaurelius2046]

boy did it ever! Hee hee. No shit sherlock .what was your first clue? I always wanted to say that after a fire that destroyed a whole town in just a few hours. Finally got my opportunity...Hee hee.

[@fantasyNamerian]

That's so sad.

[@Bloodreign137]

As resident near this area during the fires all I can say is that the videos of friends and loved ones digging through ash and rubble hoping to find anything from their lives left..it’s still haunting

[@melissag1364]

I live in the town 15 miles away that most people evacuated to. My roommate woke me up to tell me there was a big fire in Paradise and I was kinda like “yeah whatever fires happen”. Got up a bit later and it looked like it was 9pm outside. Dark hellfire skies and ash raining down on everything. There’s something very surreal about seeing people going about their everyday business in full respirators while it’s almost pitch dark and sirens are constantly blaring in the distance. Our population increased by 26% after the fire

[@tiffsaver]

PG&E is the deadliest UTILITY COMPANY in California history.

[@hambone4984]

So glad I left California. During the fires my family kept me updated and thankfully no one died but even after some had to evacuate due to fire, many of them had to evacuate due to smoke and there were people going door to door passing out masks, air filters, and various kits in areas that weren't even close to the fire but were being hit massively with the smoke

[@markoaurelius2046]

Hammster Wonder Cheeks WTF are you on?

[@SFVnative]

People did die. There is a video of burned out cars with skeletons in the seats. What would take 75-100 years in a grave this fire did in minutes.

[@SFVnative]

@Markus Allen--Do you even know this person you're writing this nonsense to? What the hell is wrong with you?

[@thisistheworldtoday]

Hammster Wonder Cheeks they say about 80 people died but does that seem accurate?

[@kari_koo]

I’m from Chico the whole entire time this was happening was filled with fear terrible and devastating. Love to all that have been affected 💛

[@Linaluvv000]

I was effected by this fire too, half of the people didn’t get evacuation calls. The sign we had to leave was the sky was pitch black. My house was in the hottest point, right next to the hospital.

[@ToastyCoClothing]

the lady at the end "i wish you could have been here before" just ripped through me

[@markoaurelius2046]

did you get sewed back up yet? Tee hee...I was floored over that one! Hardy harr harr harr!

[@Raja-bz4yw]

2020: I'm about to break this fire record

[@TheNimshew]

I lived in Paradise from 1981 until Thursday, November 8, 2018. Basically,my entire adult life. I go into town just about every day. And every day I end up angry when I drive down the hill. Frustration, loss, disorientation....tears every day. Yes,living in a 5th wheel is better than living outside, but not much better. It sucks. No rentals. The occupation rate for Butte county before the fire was 98%. Now? Good luck finding a place to rent. And the rents have gone through the roof. After all, if you can’t make money after a catastrophe, when can you?

[@SFVnative]

Thete should be a rent freeze.

[@HaleighAundreaGeorge]

This makes me want to cry, it literally looks like hell on earth

[@endosmokingtv3391]

I love you California!

[@SFVnative]

@Markus Allen--Then why don't you go there?

[@gunfuego]

I hope everyone involved finds closure. May God Bless them and their Families.

[@jayrod9002]

Now it's September 2020, and California fires have set a new record of destruction; the fire season is just beginning.

[@MijoShrek]

This is vice & true video journalism at it's finest. Very well made and filmed of a monumentally important cornerstone of a new kind of scary future in cali fam, you can literally feel the weight of the devestation. In my lifetime I see it just get more ramped up each year now..

[@delilahhart4398]

PG&E has never really been held to account, because none of the key decision makers associated with it have done prison time

[@MrHavoc313]

Good Job Vice on the reporting its so hard to find such good journalism these days keep up the good work.

[@doloresperez2554]

More like its so hard to find a good president these days

[@arthursalas8010]

JJ do vice is now what qualifies as good journalism. It all makes sense now

[@alexanderbecker6294]

@@doloresperez2554 just stop

[@doloresperez2554]

@@alexanderbecker6294 fools

[@doloresperez2554]

@@alexanderbecker6294 stop what? My freedom of speech?

[@gokarengo]

Strange fire.......something was not right...never seen a fire melt cars

[@jacobt6412]

Fires can melt cars, especially aluminum. My girlfriends aunt lost her house and a car was mellted alongside from a San Diego wildfire on a windy day.

[@mattl3916]

Yes.. nothing at all normal about these fires. DONT let anyone try to tell you any different. You question this because you are Smart and you know better. Most people will allow Fox News to dictate and control the narrative of just about any story that surfaces on our television, but Not You and it's because you are Intelligent and bright, and beautiful 😘

[@InJusticeWon]

Condolences to all those who lost their homes and loved ones during the fires, we can recover from the Holy Fire and Camp Fire.

[@RoMayDrako]

I will always remember that video that a guy took when he went back to his friends and realized he was the only one to survive.

[@auxta5355]

This wild fire was soooooo close to where I live, honestly scary.

[@G.G556]

This fire got my little cat very ill and some other health problems sprang up on him and I had to put him down during the fires, it was really bad smoke in the air in San Francisco for a long week or more, I hope all effected are slowly gathering themselves,step by step. That cat helped me through a lot. I can’t imagine some people don’t even have anything left at all. Atlease I had closure.

[@elcacheton3868]

Come get a feral cat from my neighborhood in Sacramento . We have like 15

[@markoaurelius2046]

Oh...you at least had closure...but you have one other thing....A DEAD CAT!

[@SFVnative]

@@markoaurelius2046--Down voted.

[@chinoloc916]

I remember clinicals got cancelled that morning. I took a few things and went back to sac. The freeway 99south was stopped, dark, and fire and everyone going code 3. I have 3 classmates that lost their homes.... it was intense. I went back to Chico and donated as much as I could and tried to do my part. All I know Is when we came back to school at butte... it was rough seeing my classmates that lost all. The nursing staff, program, and classmates all held together and strong. We all supported each other.

[@maliaminer3324]

almost a year later and it’s still chilling... even in the sacramento area when the fires were going on the skies where grey and red for weeks and the smoke caused schools to close for a few days and people were urged to get masks. Horrible situation, thank god for those who survived

[@themilitantvegan2515]

But trump says it's cold in the Midwest so all is ok

[@kilomilo917]

Everyone knows trump knows way more than those stupid scientists (sarcasm)

[@adgtheg4146]

This is the West not the mid west, I'm in Utah and it's fucking freezing.

[@sheacarrigan8868]

This is Northern California

[@themilitantvegan2515]

@@sheacarrigan8868 lol you folks seriously don't get what I am saying

[@NelliSmith]

But the Cheeto is an umbrella expert that also makes him a climate expert. Be nice guys!

[@aimeejupp7691]

The guy from 14.15 + broke my heart when he started to breakdown about his childhood at this house 😭😭😭 I’m in New Zealand and in Napier a fire just started and then another 3 happen the world is telling us to be prepared if you don’t change the way, and save the world RIP California my prayers will go out for all of you

[@ResurrectedRhythm]

This is so very sad too see it repeating again. God Bless those affected 🙏🙏🙏😢

[@cassie9682]

Chico is only 3 hours away from me...I'm very very grateful now

[@osamabindiesel3389]

Terry woolcox actually recorded a video immediately after the fire went through his neighborhood and its horrifyingly real. He found the scorched bodies of his neighbors that didn’t make it and you can see what they were doing their very last moments before their death. Highly recommend anyone watch if you can stomach it.

[@Brian_Moser1118]

i've been to paradise a few times and always thought its such a gorgeous town and that i might live there one day.. and to think that could've been me burnt alive trying to escape its crazy

[@owenbrown5763]

My house burnt down in Paradise. Times have been hard but we will get through it.

[@binladen4631]

Im hear while the record pasts itself again in 2020

[@sequoia5499]

Im lucky to live in a more urban area of california, hundreds of miles away, and my school was dismissed because of the smoke

[@MrKevinEaddy]

14:40 thats my neighbor mikes truck and the fabulous 80s houses fireplace in the back.. my house is the house on the right, its still there tho

[@MrKevinEaddy]

Markus Allen i dont know whats so hard to understand?

[@johnworrall3646]

Vice , you guys are very professional !!! Excellent job in reporting .

[@drewstaples9648]

so so sad! makes you really be thankful for everything you have!

[@emyemyemyyyy]

We need a better alert system. Half the time you don’t have cable, electricity, your phone doesn’t work, the news doesn’t give updates until things have already happened, you don’t know until the police are driving down your road with a megaphone telling you to get out. When you do get out, the shelters are either evacuated and moved (before you even arrive and can even find that out), or you can’t take your animals (like when the downs burned down, lots of those horses were evacuated horses being held there). So many people down here have farm animals etc, too, it’s difficult to explain until you’ve experienced it. Horrific. We need a better way.

[@emyemyemyyyy]

Also, the power companies don’t care about us. We’re rural, they take care of the places with more publicity faster and ignore us. This last year we had a simple problem and our whole street was out for days and they were going to fix random things (it’s all reported online) that were much less important but in less rural areas. We would call and they would have no information, they wouldn’t even let us actually report it for a day. We ended up having to contact media as my mom had just had chemo and it was getting into the 40s at night. The second we called and said we had media coming they were there, suddenly not too busy to acknowledge us. They keep upping the rates for reasons that don’t make sense as well. Adding random fees etc. it’s really ridiculous.

[@emyemyemyyyy]

We don’t have good roads going out, either. Our roads are notoriously bad to begin with, during the big fires a few years back we had one road out, they had to open the base up to us it was so bad, and they eventually locked us all in and there was no way out. It’s frustrating and you never know when or where it will hit, and when it does you’re completely on your own.

[@ikeekieeki]

this is tragic and upsetting. all those responsible, at all levels, should face harsh consequences. these people and the wildlife deserve justice.

[@awooga2846]

Markus Allen you need to be asking yourself that

[@awooga2846]

Markus Allen I’ll tell you what you didn’t do, use freaking grammar you ingrown sausage link

[@N530SYF]

I live by Sacramento river off south Ave. and watched this fire in its beginning. Sad I know many people who lost it all.

[@jmjosemora16]

That town will never be the same again.

[@t0n0k0]

Year 2020: Hold my everything Seriously this year is really bad, we need to change behaviour as our culture in alot of ways, not just adapt anymore.

[@articnexas2548]

Who is still here? *WaTcHiNg ThIs In 2020*

[@tomkelly8827]

Forests standing all around and homes burned to the ground? What kind of forest fire is that?

[@Oscaregarciaiii123]

In Oregon (state above Cali) there was so much smoke fire coming into the Valley that they even told us "Don go outside unless you absolutely need to if you suffer from breathing problems, asthma, allergies, etc." and I was living only 300 miles away. It was so bad I couldn't tell if it was a cloudy day or if it was smoke. I could only imagine being down there and having to deal with this.

[@daniel3231995]

Glimpse of a ubiquitous reality we're all going to face soon. Prepare.

[@trurtleshark6342]

Lol how?

[@daniel3231995]

@@trurtleshark6342 the fact you even ask that is how. Did you even watch it?

[@tammymarbury5199]

@@daniel3231995 end of times prophesy it's right in the bible..when he say my word shall go out and return not to me void we better believe it

[@markoaurelius2046]

Yes..prepare! thanks for the tip...Dan And do we have to ubiquitously prepare?

[@watchthe1369]

@@markoaurelius2046 search "Wildfire in the urban interface." Look at US forest service videos on Fire Safe. It will be a weekend of time well spent.

[@olivia73aguilar]

I’m from paradise ca lost my home 😢

[@SFVnative]

I'm sorry. Where did you go and how are you doing now?

[@jeffreygillispie8780]

And here we are again with the Kincade fire. THANKS AGAIN PG&E!!!!

[@mohdizzatismat3833]

this is heartbreaking stay safe guys

[@eyeofenigma2307]

*California is undergoing a new faze in which we become more Orange than Trump*

[@lilbashirali]

Lol

[@scurvy_dog]

bruh this is funny

[@novamaria5119]

I'm from Germany and I can't imagine a fire like that. I'm sending so much love to all the familys that lost their home or a loved Person

[@irumicu]

If you want to understand the true reality and horror of a fire like this closer to home (i.e, Europe) just look at the fires in Spain, Greece, and Portugal.

[@trinkin361]

This is my home 💔

[@crystalbowen7118]

After 4 years it still has not clicked. Bless all the people with lots of love ...

[@masterluxai8416]

Watching this is incredibly sad.. I’m in California and it’s October and Fires are still raging. I’m so scared

[@danielhughes4642]

A feel sad and angry for the people a hope to God this never happens again God bless everyone who lost their lives and pets

[@adambilger1419]

It's happening again. California is on fire again not as bad I think but it is at around 75k acres now

[@melissadavis7132]

Those homes on that first track were completely incinerated yet the grass and trees are not even scorched !!!

[@markio2010]

Is not just the utility companies, but also people and weather combination. It just gets hotter every year, there is no water in many Forrests, the winds are higher and more people live in the woods.

[@LeonardoDeVinci1452]

I have lived in fire country to think it would never happen. Then you are denial. When I left my home town the county only had 16 thousand residents now it has 60 thousand. They have to be living somewhere. Here is the price of living in the forest area

[@markoaurelius2046]

Leonardo De Vinci WTF is wrong with you? Whatever it is...it's serious! What justifies that statement? You are one sick and disturbed monster!

[@karenengelhardt1610]

@@markoaurelius2046 I get what he meant, though it is a bit mangled. Emotion will do that. The fire and its damage is the cost. People grew complacent about fire danger, and few people thought of outdated electrical equipment. The town narrowly escaped a fire ten years earlier, and in those ten years firebreaks were poorly maintained around many buildings, which helped the spread of the fire. All the years I lived on the ridge I dreaded this very thing.

[@markoaurelius2046]

@@karenengelhardt1610 I never asked you shit! SO BUZZ OFF!

[@markoaurelius2046]

NO The price is being murdered by directed energy weapons! That is what the evidence shows! So don't freaking blame me for saying this! blame the evidence! Fires of any magnitude cannot and will not melt aluminum alloy rims on any automobile like candle wax and leave a plastic trash can in tact! MORONIC Shill POS SKUMBAG! People were incinerated in their vehicles on the streetl...MORONIC SHILL POS SKUMBAG! ENGINE BLOCKS MELTED UNDER THE HOODS OF CARS...YOU MORONIC SHILL POS SKUMBAG! NO WILDFIRE OF ANY MAGNITUDE IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS...MORINIC SHILL POS SKUMBAG!

[@markoaurelius2046]

@@karenengelhardt1610 YOU NEED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE..I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN YOU MORONIC SHILL POS SKUMBAG!

[@The-Ink-Dragon97]

I'm from Ukiah CA. Our airport was landing and sending planes out like every ten minutes. We were, in a nutshell, on the frontlines for all these fires for the past few years.

[@navajodoll6320]

I’m Native American and I am considering joining a hotshot team . My great grandpa (full Navajo) said in Navajo “ when it used to rain...it would come in quiet and in abundance, now it’s loud and very little comes . Humans have been naughty and doing bad things , now the earth is starting to do the same.

[@rodpalm6398]

When the dry winds come up you can't stop these fires. All you can do is run away.