Nor Cal Bear Fire Ravages Berry Creek Community / Oroville CA

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ORVOVILLE CA – The Bear Fire, part of the North Complex Fires burning in Northern California, has destroyed the rural Berry Creek community above Lake Oroville in Butte County, and has prompted evacuation orders for at least 20,000 people in the area. According to Butte County Sheriff, Kory Honea, three people have been killed as a result of the Bear Fire. Two victims were found at the same location, and the third at another location. Currently, 20,000 Butte County residents are under evacuation orders or evacuation warnings. Two thousand structures have been damaged or destroyed while 23,356 structures are threatened in Butte County. The fire is burning northeast of Lake Oroville in Butte County, near Plumas National Forest. It’s just across Highway 70 from the town of Paradise, which was devastated by the Camp Fire in 2018, and winds were pushing it toward Oroville. The Bear Fire was more than 58,000 acres as of Wednesday morning bringing the North Complex fires to approximately 250,000 acres. The fires were started three weeks ago by lightning however, the Bear Fire exploded on Tuesday night forcing evacuations in the middle of the night.

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